Medeola virginiana
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.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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