Fuiri-dokudami,

Fuiri-dokudami or Houttuynia cordata 'Variedgata' (Scientific name: Houttuynia cordata cv. Variedgata) is a horticultural variety of the dokudami (scientific name: Houttuynia cordata) with red, yellow, white, light yellow and pink spots on the leaf margins. It was originally bred in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868) and imported back to Japan. It reproduces by underground stems. What looks like a white flower is a bract. The flowers are yellow and tubular. Because it is a dokudami, it has a peculiar odor.

Common name: Fuiri-dokudami, Scientific name: Houttuynia cordata cv. Variedgata, also known as "Goshiki Dokudami", Chameleon, Place of origin: Horticultural species, (Dokudami originates from Japan to East Asia, China), Stem length: 15-50 cm, Leaf color: double, Flowering season: June-July; flower color (actual color of bracts): white; true flower color: yellow of tubular flowers.