Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana)

A cucumber root plant with two whorls of leaves is at the base of a tree. The bases of the leaves are red tinted.

Berries can grow out of each whorl of leaves and when ripe are blue-black.

A large group of non-flowering cucumber root plants growing together. Non-flowering plants have only one whorl of leaves.

This blurry photo shows a flower with its green tepals and purple reproductive parts.

Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana)

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Cucumber Root is an unusual, but beautiful plant with either one whorl of leaves (non-flowering), or two whorls of leaves (flowering). Flowers are unusual with green-yellow tepals and purple and orange reproductive parts. Unripe berries are green and ripe berries are blue-black. This plant is at home in rich woodlands.

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Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Cucumber Root

Height: 1-2 feet

Bloom time: June-July

Soil: moist, loam, sandy loam

Sun: dappled light to medium shade

Plant Spacing: 12 inches

Flower: green/purple, berries: blue black

Life cycle: perennial

Family: Convollariaceae

Seed source: Michigan

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Cucumber Root is an unusual, but beautiful plant with either one whorl of leaves (non-flowering), or two whorls of leaves (flowering). Flowers are unusual with green-yellow tepals and purple and orange reproductive parts. Unripe berries are green and ripe berries are blue-black. This plant is at home in rich woodlands.

More description coming soon!

Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Cucumber Root

Height: 1-2 feet

Bloom time: June-July

Soil: moist, loam, sandy loam

Sun: dappled light to medium shade

Plant Spacing: 12 inches

Flower: green/purple, berries: blue black