Wild Ginger

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Native Plant Database

Header Photo: Mervin Wallace

Asarum canadense

Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennials

Native Environment: Forest

Season of Interest: Early (Feb - Apr), Mid (May - June)

Main Color: Green

Fall Color:

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Green foliage of Asarum canadensis.

Photo: Mervin Wallace

Sun Exposure

Medium Sun/Average Shade, Shade

Soil
Moisture

Moderate, High

Nature Attracting

Butterfly, Pollinators/Beneficial Insects

Wildlife Benefit

Butterfly / Moth Host, Food/Pollinators

Animal
Resistance

Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant

Size

Height:

5 to

inches

Spread:

10 to

inches

Size

Height: 5 to

inches

Spread: 10 to

inches

Size

Height: 5 to

inches

Spread: 10 to

inches

Typical Landscape Use

Excellent ground cover in partial to full shade and beneath trees where other plants won't grow. Too aggressive for a mixed shade border.

Establishment and Care Instructions

Grow in partial to full shade in moderate/average to moist soil.

Special Features

Special Usage

Ground Cover

Basic Description

A deciduous ground cover with soft green, kidney-shaped leaves and inconspicuous, green-brown flowers in the spring. Forms large colonies in cool, moist, woodland areas. Host to pipevine swallowtail (blue swallowtail) butterfly and pollinated by flies and fungus gnats. Ants help disperse the seeds.