Medeola virginiana

Medeola virginiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Medeola
Species:	M. virginiana
Binomial name
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Distribution map of Medeola virginiana.

Medeola virginiana or Indian Cucumber-root ^[1][2][3] is a perennial plant in the genus Medeola.

Description

It occurs with either a single tier or two tiers of leaves. The upper tier consists of from three to five whorled leaves on the stem above a lower tier of five to nine (also whorled). Only the two-tiered plants produce flowers which are green-to-yellow and appear from May to June. When two-tiered, it grows up to 30 inches high. The waxy leaves are typically 2.5 inches long and about an inch wide, but can be as long as five inches. The leaves have an entire margin. It typically produces three dark blue to purple, inedible berries above the top tier of leaves in September.

Use

This plant produces a crisp, edible tuber that smells and tastes like garden cucumber. It is listed as an endangered plant in Florida and in Illinois.

Distribution

Medeola virginiana is found from Minnesota to Nova Scotia, south to Florida, and to Louisiana. It grows in rich, moist woods.

Notes

1. ^ "Medeola virginiana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42963. 
2. ^ Medeola virginiana at Connecticut Botanical Society
3. ^ Medeola virginiana at USDA PLANTS Database

References

• A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America by Lee Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson
• Blanchan, Neltje (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 
• http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H13.htm
• http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Medeola+virginiana&CAN=LATIND
• http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?Code=B683

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  Edible tuber of the Indian Cucumber-root

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  Single-tiered form

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