Asarum canadense (Canada Wild Ginger)

Canada Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Height, Spread: 0.6-1 ft for both

Water/Soil: Moist-occasionally wet, well-drained, high organic matter, shallow-rocky, acidic-neutral

Light: Sun dappled, Partial shade- Deep shade

Bloom:  Spring, single dark red flower

Native Range: Eastern North America

Qualities: Attractive to pollinators, Deer-resistant, Groundcover, Evergreen, NC Native, Larval Host

Notes: Evergreen ornamental ginger commonly found in rich, moist hardwood forests in the Mountains and the Piedmont of NC. It is pollinated by ants, flies, and beetles and is a larval host plant for the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor). Spreading via rhizomes and seed, it makes an attractive groundcover, best used in a woodland or shade garden.