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European Sweetflag,
Acorus calamus
Inflorescence a cylindric tapering spadix; leaf-like spathe continues up, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Golden Club,
Orontium aquaticum
An erect, conspicuous, golden-yellow clublike spadix (fleshy flower stalk), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Skunk Cabbage,
Symplocarpus foetidus
The spathe encloses a ball-like spadix with numerous tiny flowers, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Green Arrow-arum,
Peltandra virginica
Slender club-shaped spadix enclosed in a narrow pointed green spathe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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White Arrow-arum,
Peltandra sagittifolia
Inflorescence a spadix subtended by a flared, open, white spathe, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Green Dragon,
Arisaema dracontium
Flowers in a fleshy spike (spadix) protruding from a nearly closed spathe, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Green Dragon,
Arisaema dracontium
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.
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Common Jack in the Pulpit,
Arisaema triphyllum
Spathe hides the tiny flowers at spadix base (male on left, female on right).
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Common Jack in the Pulpit,
Arisaema triphyllum
A solid green or purple-striped spathe (pulpit) surrounds the spadix (jack), per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Common Jack in the Pulpit,
Arisaema triphyllum
The bright red berries are found clustered at base of the spadix in autumn, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Pinellia,
Pinellia ternata
Spadix fused to the spathe (vs. spadix free from the spathe in Arisaema), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Green Dragon,
Pinellia tripartita
Spadix has a 7-10" whip-like extension which emerges upward from the spathe, per www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.
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Chinese Green Dragon,
Pinellia pedatisecta
Spathe 10-19cm long; spadix 14-20cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Chinese Green Dragon,
Pinellia pedatisecta
The Pinellia spadix is fused to the back of the spathe for some distance, per International Aroid Society.
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Elephant's Ear,
Colocasia esculenta
Tiny flowers on a fleshy stalk (spadix) covered by a yellow hood (spathe), per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.