General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 2 to 4 inches
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Deep green, mottled with shades of lighter green, or cream.
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Brown
Other: Purplish-brown
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Flies

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Common names
  • Little Brown Jug
  • Heartleaf
  • Evergreen Wild Ginger
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hexastylis arifolia
  • Synonym: Asarum arifolium
  • Synonym: Hesastylis arifolia var. arifolia

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Location: B. Everett Jordan Dam/lake park Chatham county, North Carolina
Date: September 25, 2023
Little brown jug #540; RAB page 400, 63-3-1; Name from  6 pairs o
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: 4-13-2014
little brown jugs about to open
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: 4-26-2014
Location: Aragon, Georgia
Date: 2019-04-12
Blooms aside new leaf growth
Location: Beautiful Tennessee 
Date: 4-26-2014
Location: St Louis
Date: 2009-11-14
winter foliage color
Location: St Louis
Date: 2009-05-16
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