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Common Name: Little Brown Jug, Wild Ginger, Heart-leaf, Pigs
Scientific Name: Asarum arifolium (U.S. Hexastylis arifolium)
Family Name: Aristolochiaceae
Serendipity Ranch
Columbus, North Carolina
June 9, 2002
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Little brown jugs can be found by searching for their distinctive leaves which are leathery, evergreen, and arrowhead-shaped. The "arrow barbs" account for 1/3 of the leaf's 3"-4" length. Beneath the leaves are the small, three-lobed, jug-shaped blossoms. . . . This plant is sometimes pollinated by fungus gnats. A tea brewed from this stem was also used to treat whooping cough. Modern science finds some effective antibiotics in the plant. March-May [White, Peter, Wildflowers of the Smokies. Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association, Gatlinburg, 1996]
Its arrow-shaped leaves and fleshy jug-shaped calyx -- a flower without petals -- give this plant a unique appeal. The thick, evergreen leaves are a familiar sight on wooded slopes up to 3,000 feet. Often hidden by the leaves, the interesting jugs occur at ground level, in May, and are purplish-brown and less than an inch long. . . . Mountain children often pressed the fragrant leaves in their schoolbooks. May [Campbell, Carlos C., Hutson, William F., Sharp, Aaron J., Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers, Fourth Edition. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 1977]
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