OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum   FAMILY Araceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Arisaema triphyllum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Arisaema triphyllum var. pusillum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:

Arisaema triphyllum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arisaema pusillum

 

COMMON NAME:
Small Jack-in-the-pulpit, Swamp Jack


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image of Arisaema pusillum, Small Jack-in-the-pulpit, Swamp Jack

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_063

        

image of Arisaema pusillum, Small Jack-in-the-pulpit, Swamp Jack

Patrick D. McMillan    pdma_pusillum

April    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Spathe flange 1-3mm broad, hood solid green or solid purple, apex acute, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Arisaema pusillum, Small Jack-in-the-pulpit, Swamp Jack

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_a_triphyllumpusillum1

May    Moore County    NC

Leaves green beneath at maturity (very rarely glaucous), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum   FAMILY Araceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Arisaema triphyllum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Arisaema triphyllum var. pusillum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arisaema pusillum

 

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4038

Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious

Habitat: swamps and moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, common in NC (uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Spathe hood solid green or solid purple

Inflorescence a spadix (cylindrical and blunt, included in the spathe)

FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry

 

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