Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Do you have Arisaema or Pinellia?
Read more about Pinellia from the International Aroid Society.
Gardeners warn that Pinellia ternata is very invasive.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pinellia ternata
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinellia ternata
FAMILY
Araceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Pinellia ternata
COMMON NAME:
Pinellia, Crow-dipper
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Wang Ling, Li Heng & Li Rong, for Flora of China foci_23_039
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Qwert1234, via Wikimedia Commons wik_pinellia_ternata_4
Spadix fused to the spathe (vs. spadix free from the spathe in Arisaema), per Weakley's Flora.
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Qwert1234, via Wikimedia Commons wik_pinellia_ternata_5
A weedy hard-to-eradicate look-alike to "green dragon" (Arisaema dracontium).
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Qwert1234, via Wikimedia Commons wik_pinellia_ternata_6
Leaf blade 3-foliolate, sometimes pedate w 5 leaflets. Bulbils present, per Flora of China.