OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. quinatum   FAMILY Araceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Arisaema triphyllum

INCLUDED WITHIN Biosystematics of the Arisaema triphyllum complex (Treiber, 1980)

Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:

Arisaema triphyllum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arisaema quinatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John


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image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm070407_029

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Lateral leaflets (of primary leaf) 2-parted or 2-lobed (rarely unlobed), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm120424_647

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm200422_4044

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm110510_368

May    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

Lateral leaflets are deeply bilobed, so leaves appear to have 5 leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm110510_385

May    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

Leaves glaucous beneath at maturity, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm160502_025

May    Transylvania County    NC

Often considered to be a variety of, or not distinct from, A. triphyllum, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm160502_027

May    Transylvania County    NC

Spathe flange 2-9mm broad; hood green, obtuse to abruptly acute, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0381

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Arisaema quinatum, Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Prester-John

JK Marlow    jkm120728_049

July    Abbeville County    SC

Parson's Mountain Recreation Area

Spathe withers after flowering, replaced by a showy cluster of red berries, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. quinatum   FAMILY Araceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Arisaema triphyllum

INCLUDED WITHIN Biosystematics of the Arisaema triphyllum complex (Treiber, 1980)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arisaema quinatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2921

Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious

Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: (3)5 leaflets
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Spathe hood green

Inflorescence a spadix (cylindrical and blunt, included in the spathe, gently curved outward)

FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry

 

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