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Pinellia ternata

Crow-dipper, a small East Asian tuberous aroid with three-part leaves and slender green spathes, producing bulbils on the leaf stalks. It is very easy and hardy, grows through the warm, wet summer and dies back in winter, and can spread aggressively, so it is weedy in gardens outside its range.

Pinellia ternata
Photo: The original uploader was Polyhedron at Chinese Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in fields, roadsides, grassy slopes and forest margins in moist, partly shaded spots; often a weed of cultivated ground.

Recorded at 1–1,143 m (median 155 m, 55 records); mostly lowland.

ChinaJapanKoreaTaiwanRyukyu IslandsManchuriaInner Mongolia

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✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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