Heartleaf
Hexastylis virginica
Birthwort Family
Heartleaf (one of the Wild Gingers) has rounded evergreen leaves with a brownish-red, cylindrical flower tube appearing
below the leaf litter in spring, notice in the lower right of the photo. These and other similar species, distinguished by differing
flower tubes, are pollinated by crawling insects. Don't forget to cover over the flower afterwards! --photo Green River Cove in Polk Cnty April 6, '03.