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Top native subgenus asarum

7 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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7 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Part shade 1 Dappled shade 1 Full shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 1 Moist 2

Water use

Medium 2

Soil

Rocky 1 Organic 1

Soil pH

Acid 1 Neutral 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Yes 1

Resists

Erosion 1 Heavy shade 1 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Horizontal 1 Spreading 1

Plant type

Ground cover 7 Perennial 5 Wildflower 5 Herbaceous perennial 1
  • Canadian Wild Ginger Asarum canadense caterpillars 3
  • Reflexed Wild Ginger Asarum reflexum caterpillars 2
  • Western Wild Ginger Asarum caudatum caterpillars 1 flowers 1
  • Hartweg's Wild Ginger Asarum hartwegii caterpillars 1
  • Marbled Wild-ginger Asarum marmoratum caterpillars 1
  • Lemmon's Wild Ginger Asarum lemmonii caterpillars 1
  • Green-flowered Wild Ginger Asarum wagneri

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