Hedychium flavescens

Yellow ginger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Genus:	Hedychium
Species:	H. flavescens
Binomial name
	Hedychium flavescens; Carey ex Roscoe
Synonyms
	Hedychium coronarium var. flavescens (Carey ex Roscoe) Baker in J.D.Hooker; Hedychium subditum Turrill; Hedychium coronarium var. subditum (Turrill) Naik; Hedychium emeiense Z.Y.Zhu; Hedychium panzhuum Z.Y.Zhu;

Hedychium flavescens is a perennial flowering plant from the Zingiberaceae (the ginger family). It is native to the Himalayas, Sichuan, and northern Vietnam, and naturalized in various other lands (South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, French Polynesia, Hawaii, etc.).^[1]^[2]

Commonly known as cream garland-lily^[3] or yellow ginger, it grows up to 2.5 meters high. It is extremely shade tolerant, and thrives in a wide range of soils. Since it has the ability to regrow from even a small fragment of the rhizome, which survive crushing, immersion in sea water, and even years outside of soil, elimination can be a problem. It is treated as an invasive weed in New Zealand, because of its ability to displace other species.

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Flora of China v 24 p 372, 峨眉姜花 e mei jiang hua, Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 50. 1824.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hedychium flavescens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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[garlic-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Flora of China v 24 p 372, 峨眉姜花 e mei jiang hua, Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe, Monandr. Pl. Scitam. t. 50. 1824.

[3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hedychium flavescens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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