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Medeola virginiana


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Medeola virginiana is an oddball eastern North American native that will be loved by anyone who appreciates Paris and Trillium.


Description:
Medeola virginiana or indian cucumber root is an oddball eastern North American native that will be loved by anyone who appreciates Paris and Trillium. It grows 1-2 feet tall on a single stem with a whorl of lance-shaped, mid green leaves at mid stem with a whorl of green bracts and pendulous green and burgundy flowers that turn upwards when pollinated to form black berries against red-flushed bracts.


Common Name: Indian Cucumber Root

Family:

Zone Hardiness: 3-8

Light: Part Shade, Full Shade

Height: 12-24"

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow

Secondary Bloom Colour: Green

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Spring

Soil Moisture: Moist, Wet

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries:

Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: Native to moist woodlands in Eastern North America.

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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America

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