Habitat: Spring ephemeral species found in rich cove and slope forests, rich floodplain forests, and northern hardwood forests. Frequent to locally common in the mountains; rare in the piedmont. They are best grown in shady areas in moist soil high in organic matter as decomposed leaf litter. They do well under deciduous trees where they can get some sun until the trees leaf out.
Notes: One of the earliest edible plants to emerge from the ground in the spring and have a distinct strong garlic/onion fragrance distinguishing it from the poisonous look-a-likes Lily of the valley or false hellebores.
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Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.
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