Wild Ginger

• Native  
• Perennial  
• Bloom:  Spring
• Propagation:  Seed, Division

Wild ginger smells like ginger when you dig it and handle it. It's said that an herbal concoction may be made from wild ginger but to be careful not to drink it excessively. As slowly as wild ginger increases, I'd suggest not digging it for tea...

AKA "little brown jug" so named for the shape and colour of the bloom. Wild ginger blooms are polinated by slugs.
So...Now you know that slugs are good for something...

Here are links the full-sized pictures on the Anita's Garden page with additional information about each.