Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema species 1
FAMILY
Araceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arisaema dracontium
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Arisaema dracontium
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arisaema dracontium
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muricauda dracontium
COMMON NAME:
Green Dragon
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ardr3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ardr3_005_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema species 1
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arisaema dracontium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Arisaema dracontium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Arisaema dracontium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muricauda dracontium
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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