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Take the FFL Pledge!Aspidistra spp.: Cast Iron Plant
Keighly Graves, Wendy Wilber, Tom Wichman, Claire Lewis, Gail Hansen, andRyan Klein
Release Date: 4/5/2026
Agriculture
Abstract
Cast iron plant is an upright, spreading herbaceous perennial that is extremely hardy. It thrives in shaded conditions and is well-suited as a groundcover, in a container, as edging or a border, or grown as a houseplant.
About this Publication
This document is FPS53, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 1999. Revised July 2022 and December 2025. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Gilman, E. (2014). Aspidistra elatior Cast Iron Plant. EDIS, 2014(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fp053-1999



