Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinellia ternata
FAMILY
Araceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Do you have Arisaema or Pinellia?
Read more about Pinellia from the International Aroid Society.
Gardeners warn that Pinellia ternata is very invasive.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinellia ternata
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinellia ternata
(?) Flora of China
Pinellia ternata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Pinellia ternata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pinellia ternata
COMMON NAME:
Pinellia, Crow-dipper
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Wang Ling, Li Heng & Li Rong, for Flora of China foci_23_039
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Qwert1234, via Wikimedia Commons wik_pinellia_ternata_4
Spadix fused to the spathe (vs. spadix free from the spathe in Arisaema), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Qwert1234, via Wikimedia Commons wik_pinellia_ternata_5
A weedy hard-to-eradicate look-alike to "green dragon" (Arisaema dracontium).
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Qwert1234, via Wikimedia Commons wik_pinellia_ternata_6
Leaf blade 3-foliolate, sometimes pedate w 5 leaflets. Bulbils present, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinellia ternata
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinellia ternata
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinellia ternata
(?)
Flora of China
Pinellia ternata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Pinellia ternata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pinellia ternata
2514
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Japan
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Compound: 3 leaflets, sometimes 5 leaflets arranged pedately
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spathe whitish green, rarely purplish, limb green and usually violet at margin
Unisexual
Inflorescence a spadix
FRUIT:
Summer?
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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