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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinellia pedatisecta   FAMILY Araceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of China

Pinellia pedatisecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia


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Wang Ling, Li Heng & Li Rong, for Flora of China    foci_23_037

        

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Chen Shixiang, for Flora of China    foci_23_038

        

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Sam Pratt    sbp_3209

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3518

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

In vegetative condition, Pinellia can be confused with Arisaema, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3519

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3524

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3527

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

Pinellia flowering stems have no leaves. Leaves arise directly from tuber, per International Aroid Society.

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3533

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

Spathe 10-19cm long; spadix 14-20cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

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JK Marlow    jkm180728_3538

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

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JK Marlow    jkm180728_3543

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

The Pinellia spadix is fused to the back of the spathe for some distance, per International Aroid Society.

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3547

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3558

July    Haywood County    NC

In cultivation

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

Sam Pratt    sbp_3301

July    Spartanburg County    SC

An aggressive exotic whose foliage resembles the native Green Dragon (Arisaema).

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

Sam Pratt    sbp_3301b

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaf blade always pedate; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, base cuneate, per Flora of China.

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

Sam Pratt    sbp_3303

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Spathe slightly convolute at base, not constricted between tube and limb, per Flora of China.

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

Sam Pratt    sbp_3306

July    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Pinellia pedatisecta, Chinese Green Dragon, Fan-leaf Chinese Green Dragon, Pinellia

JK Marlow    jkm201014_7673

October    Spartanburg County    SC

If still green in September, it's Pinellia not Arisaema, per Green Dragon or prolific imposter?.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinellia pedatisecta   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of China
Pinellia pedatisecta

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3895

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Compound: 5-11 leaflets, arranged pedately on a semicircular axis
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer
Inflorescence green; spathe green outside, greenish to whitish inside
Unisexual

Inflorescence a spadix

FRUIT:
Summer
Whitish-green
Berry

 

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