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Asarum sieboldii
Also called Siebold's Wild Ginger, Wildginger
Seonun wild ginger is a low, ground-hugging perennial herb from forest understories in East Asia, grown mainly for its glossy leaves and as a shade groundcover. The key to growing it is cool, shaded, consistently moist conditions.
Asarum sieboldii, the Japanese wild ginger, Chinese wild ginger (names it shares with other members of its genus), Manchurian wild ginger, Siebold wild ginger, or birthwort (a name it shares with many other plants), is a species of flowering plant in the family Aristolochiaceae. It is native to Primorsky Krai of the Russian Far East, Manchuria, Korea, and central and southern Japan. A perennial herb, it is found in the understory of forests, and in moist valley floors. There appears to be a cultivar, 'Jade Dragon'. Like other wild gingers, it is sold to people suffering from various ailments in traditional Chinese medicine.
Canadian wildginger · British Columbia wildginger · European wild ginger · Chinese wild ginger · Wild ginger
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asarum sieboldii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
