Photographs are not available yet.
Who uses this plant?
2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA
Genus host records with ranges including GA · Asarum
- Herpetogramma aeglealisSerpentine Webworm
- Herpetogramma aquilonalis
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
10AntsRecorded seed interactions
- Aphaenogaster picea
- Aphaenogaster rudis
- Aphaenogaster unknown
- Camponotus capperi
- Camponotus pennsylvanicus
- Crematogaster ashmeadi
- Formica pallidefulva
- Formica subsericea
- Pheidole dentata
- Prenolepis imparis
Aphaenogaster rudis: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster unknown: Seed dispersal.
Camponotus capperi: Seed dispersal.
Crematogaster ashmeadi: Seed dispersal.
Formica pallidefulva: Seed dispersal.
Formica subsericea: Seed dispersal.
Pheidole dentata: Seed dispersal.
Prenolepis imparis: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster picea: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster rudis: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster unknown: Seed dispersal.
Camponotus pennsylvanicus: Seed dispersal.
Formica subsericea: Seed dispersal.
Prenolepis imparis: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster picea: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster rudis: Seed dispersal.
Prenolepis imparis: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster rudis: Seed dispersal.
Formica subsericea: Seed dispersal.
Aphaenogaster rudis: Seed dispersal.
No records yet · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Soil pH
- Acidic
- Flower color
- Purple or brown
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Purple or brown” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Leaves · “Evergreen” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Light · “Partial shade; Full shade (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Soil pH · “Acidic” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Also known as
wild ginger; wild-ginger
Conservation status
| Georgia rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| GA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- usda
- nc_flora
- Georgia occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications