NameThatPlant.net: Arisaema species 1

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema species 1 FAMILY Araceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium FAMILY Araceae

COMMON NAME:
Green Dragon

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema species 1 FAMILY Araceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium FAMILY Araceae

4766

Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious

Habitat: Bottomlands and floodplains over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Alabama & Florida, etc.

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Compound: 7-15 leaflets, arranged pedately on a semicircular axis
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spathe yellowish-green, 2-8cm broad when unrolled/flattened

Inflorescence a spadix (attenuate, long-exserted from the spathe)

FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry

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