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Do you have Green Dragon or a prolific imposter?
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 032-05-001:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
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
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JK Marlow jkm070414_018
April Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170401_430
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170401_431
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150519_081
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Leaf with (5)7-15 leaflets, arranged pedately on a semicircular axis, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_dracontium_7_4
May
Flowers in a fleshy spike (spadix) protruding from a nearly closed spathe, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_dracontium_7_4b
May
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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Betsy George bmg_070513_1766
July Greenville County SC
The leafstalk terminates in the center of a single, compound, curving blade, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.