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Hexastylis arifolia var arifolia

Wild Ginger

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Perennial (Shrubby) Groundcover

Size:

.8 ft

Light:

Shade

Soil Moisture:

Mesic(*)

Bloom Time:

Mar - May

Bloom Area:

SW

Notes:

Arifolia is the most aeromatic of the gingers

Plant

It's a clumper

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Tom Harville
Oct 2005

Leaves

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Tom Harville
Sep 2005

Young Blooms

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Tom Harville
March 2005

Blooms vary in color from mauve to greenish or brown They are called "little brown jugs" or "little pigs"

Blooms

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Tom Harville
April 2006

Blooms Close Up

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Tom Harville
Apr 2006

Links:

 USDA PLANTS Database Record

eFloras Plants
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