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Little Brown Jug

Hexastylis arifolia

Found in a wide variety of dry to moist forests. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 71%

Light
Partial shade, Full shade
Soil moisture
Dry to wet
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Leaves
Evergreen

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 13 Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Moist forests

Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland
Regional / representative. Shown: Mountains of North and South Carolina; exact site not identified, a neighboring state.Shortia beneath rhododendrons in mountain woodland, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 91 animals.

All wildlife of Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Asarum

  • Herpetogramma aeglealisSerpentine Webworm
  • Herpetogramma aquilonalis
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
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

Growing and identification

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
Also known as

wild ginger; wild-ginger

Conservation status

Virginia rankS4
Global rankG5
VA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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