Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Arisaema dracontium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-001:
Arisaema dracontium FAMILY Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muricauda dracontium
COMMON NAME:
Green Dragon
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JK Marlow jkm150519_081
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Leaf with (5)7-15 leaflets, arranged pedately on a semicircular axis, per Weakley's Flora.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_dracontium_7_4
May
Flowers in a fleshy spike (spadix) protruding from a nearly closed spathe, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_dracontium_7_4b
May
Flowers at the base of a spadix with a long, sterile tip ("dragon's tail"), per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm190618_9284
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Wow! Jack in the Pulpit on the left; Green Dragon on the right.
Betsy George bmg_070513_1766
July Greenville County SC
The leafstalk terminates in the center of a single, compound, curving blade, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Arisaema dracontium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-001:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muricauda dracontium