Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Do you have Green Dragon or a prolific imposter?
Learn more about Green Dragon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-001:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muricauda dracontium
COMMON NAME:
Green Dragon
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 jkm200422_4048
April Greenville County SC
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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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JK Marlow jkm190618_9284
June Greenville County SC
Wow! Jack in the Pulpit on the left; Green Dragon on the right.
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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.
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-001:
Arisaema dracontium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muricauda dracontium
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Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains & GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in bottomlands and floodplains, rarely in uplands over mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Compound: 7-15 leaflets, arranged pedately on a semicircular axis
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Inflorescence a spadix
FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p104
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p223
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p129
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p104
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p180
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p036
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p470
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p157
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p011
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p011
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p338
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p390
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p003