Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema species 2
FAMILY
Araceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Arisaema triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN 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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Arisaema atrorubens
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arisaema triphyllum
COMMON NAME:
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_063
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_artrt3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm250426_0026
April Greenville County SC
Gateway Elementary School Nature Trail
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JK Marlow jkm250426_0027
April Greenville County SC
Gateway Elementary School Nature Trail
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0920
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Spathe hood underside purple w white stripes reaching just above spadix (median stripe farther), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0922
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
This striking entity is under study by Wyatt & Stoneburner, per A Review of Arisaema (Araceae) in North America: Nine species instead of two? (Wyatt & Stoneburner, 2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema species 2
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Arisaema triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Arisaema atrorubens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arisaema triphyllum
4767
Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious
Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Spathe hood underside purple with white stripes reaching just above the spadix, median stripe extending farther
Inflorescence a spadix (cylindrical and blunt, included in the spathe)
FRUIT:
Red
Berry
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