Looks like a wild ginger to me, but they should be in running clusters. Perhaps a weird subspecies?

Wanted to close out this post. After looking around a bit more I think this is Hexastylis arifolia. Interesting that this isn't in the Ginger family but in the Aristolochiaceae so it could conceivably be a host for the Pipevine Swallowtail. Also related to wild ginger (Asarum canadense) that I'm planning on planting in the shade garden.

Yes, it's a result of botanist fiddling. It used to be an asarum as I recall, at least.

I checked and this plant isn't known to be a host to pipevine swallowtails. There are some very cool related plants that are host plants like the 2 native pipevines Aristolochia tomentosa and macrophylla, and the smaller vine Aristolochia serpentaria that comes in 2 variations. I'm not sure if Aristolochia is still the current accepted name? The new ones are hard to remember. They're still the same plants.