Aplectrum hyemale is the sole species of the genus Aplectrum. The generic name comes from Greek and signifies "spurless". The species is commonly referred to as Adam and Eve or putty root; the latter refers to the mucilaginous fluid which can be removed from the tubers when they are crushed, used by Native Americans to mend pottery. [3]

This plant likes partial shade or dappled sunlight in the sugar maple and beech forests and swamps where it grows. Its underground corms allow it to form large colonies in though it is more commonly found in small scattered patches.

Arum maculatum, commonly known as cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit and other names (see common names), is a woodland flowering plant species in the family Araceae. It is native across most of Europe, as well as Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. [1][2][3][4]

Aplectrum hyemale is a broadleaf deciduous perennial bulb / corm / tuber or orchid with green foliage. In spring and summer green and purple flowers emerge. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - occasional water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

Adam and Eve orchid, or putty root, is an herbaceous perennial wildflower that grows from rounded corms that are often linked by a short rhizome. The flowers are 7–15 on a bare stem, light to dark brown, about ½ inch long, and sometimes slightly purple toward the bases of the 3 sepals and 3 petals.

The plant grows in the shade and prefers moist well-drained soils. The plant's mature size is 12-18 inches tall and 6-9 inches wide. They flower in the spring and produce bright orangish-red berries in the fall.

Aplectrum hyemale, commonly called Putty Root, is found across the eastern U.S. and Canada from Louisiana to Quebec. It produces a single leaf in the fall, which stays green throughout the winter. The plant flowers in the spring as the leaf senesces. It produces 7-15 small flowers with a white-purple labellum.

Adam and Eve, putty root Aplectrum is a monotypic genus, although an extremely similar species (again in a monotypic genus), Oreorchis patens Lindley, is found in Japan and far eastern Asia. The name is derived from the Greek term meaning "spurless," apparently to distinguish it from Tipularia , which has a similar wintergreen leaf but has ...

Aplectrum hyemale - Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve. This orchid is easy to miss due to its small flowers which may blend into the background, and the fact that its leaves have withered by the time it blooms.

Adam And Eve is a 20 inches tall perennial forb native to AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, ON, PA, QC, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI