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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema stewardsonii
FAMILY
Araceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. stewardsonii
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. triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum FAMILY Araceae
COMMON NAME:
Bog Jack-in-the-pulpit, Northern Jack-in-the-pulpit
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Jeff Ausmus jma_areste
May Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_areste3
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Jeff Ausmus jma_areste4
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
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Patrick D. McMillan pdma_stewardsonii
June Hancock County ME
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Patrick D. McMillan pdma_stewardsonii2
June Hancock County ME
Tube of spathe deeply furrowed on the outside, forming conspicuous ridges, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdma_stewardsonii3
June Hancock County ME
Spathe flange 1-3mm broad; spathe hood green with white or purple stripes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdma_stewardsonii4
June Hancock County ME
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema stewardsonii
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. stewardsonii
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. triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum
FAMILY
Araceae
4039
Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious
Habitat: bogs and peaty swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Spathe hood green with white or purple stripes
Inflorescence a spadix (cylindrical and blunt, included in the spathe)
FRUIT:
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