Medeola virginiana
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Medeola virginiana |
| Common name: | Indian cucumber |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 3' |
| Foliage: | whorls of 5 to 11, narrowly oval, broader toward tip |
| Flower: | dangling greenish-yellowgreen; 1/2" |
| Flowering time: | May to June; fruits in July |
| Habitat: | rich, moist woods, shaded edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide, but rare on Outer Coastal Plain |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Plants that will flower in any given year will have two whorls of
leaves; the top tier flowers. Plants that do not flower will have only
one whorl of leaves. |