Plant Portrait
Scientific Name: |
Arisaema triphyllum |
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Common Name: |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
Native/Alien: |
Native |
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Perennial |
Light: |
Shade |
Soil Moisture: |
Mesic (*) |
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Single Sprout
Max Patch, 2004 |
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Opening
Max Patch, 2004 |
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Leaves Unfolding The leaves are starting to unfold, and the pulpit is not yet curled over. It is a strange looking plant at this stage.
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Mostly Open Plants
May 2006, near Black Mountain |
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Bloom Not all pulpits have the purple striping.
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Purple Striping (from another angle) The leaves of the two plants to the left have not yet completely opened.
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Closeup of Bloom
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Closeup of Bloom
NC mountains, May/June 2006
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record |
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