Family:
Aristolochiaceae
Common Name(s):
Wild ginger
Flowering Time:
May
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Difficult to tell when fruit ripens; check periodically; seeds are mature when they turn a rich brown
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Late May through mid June
Seed Cleaning:
Remove seeds from capsule before capsule deteriorates
Storage:
Intolerant of dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
Proven performer by vegetative spread
Notes
Transplants in a field study had 53% survival after 7 years (Mottl et al. 2006).
Mature plants transplanted in the field had 70-83% survival after two years (Golay et al. 2013, Altricher et al. 2020), and continued high survival in year 3 (Altricher et al. 2020).
Ant dispersed; low seed output (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991); self-sows (Mottl 2006, Altricher et al. 2020).
Forms dense colonies (Runkel and Bull 2009).
