General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 2 to 4 inches
Plant Spread: 8 to 12 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Fragrant
Flower Color: Brown
Other: Maroon-brown
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Little Heartleaf
  • Wild Ginger
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hexastylis minor
  • Synonym: Asarum minus

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Location: Northern New Jersey
Date: 2017-08-26
'Honeysong' competing with Carex Hobb Bunny Blue
Location: B. Everett Jordan Dam/lake park Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: February 6, 2023
Slope heartleaf or Little Ginger #367; RAB page 401, 63-3-5. Name
Location: B. Everett Jordan Dam/lake park Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: 2023-02-03
Slope heartleaf or Little Ginger #367; RAB page 401, 63-3-5. Name

Date: 2004-10-04
Photo by David J. Stang [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/li
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