• Image of Asarum minamitanianum taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
  • Image of Asarum minamitanianum taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
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Asarum minamitanianum

Moustache Wild Ginger

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Asarum

Item #: 1852

Zones: 5b to 9b

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 4" tall

Culture: Light Shade to Shade

Origin: Japan

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Japan's Asarum minamitanianum is a virtually impossible-to-find evergreen wild ginger from Kyushu, Japan that is reportedly now extinct in the wild. The pointed heart-shaped leaves are patterned with distinctive silver markings...but wait until you see the indescribably cool flowers in April/May...dark purple, edged in white with three very long moustache-like petals to 4"...a true collector's item! We have found the tightly clumping Asarum minamitanianum very easy to grow in our woodland garden. Once established, dry shade suits Asarum minamitanianum just fine.