Do you have Arisaema or Pinellia?
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arisaema quinatum
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. quinatum
FAMILY
Araceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Arisaema quinatum
LESS THAN
Biosystematics of the Arisaema triphyllum complex (Treiber, 1980)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Jack in the Pulpit, Preacher John, Prester-John
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JK Marlow jkm070407_029
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Lateral leaflets (of primary leaf) 2-parted or 2-lobed (rarely unlobed), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120424_647
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm110510_368
May Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Lateral leaflets are deeply bilobed, so leaves appear to have 5 leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm110510_385
May Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Leaves glaucous beneath at maturity, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160502_025
May Transylvania County NC
Often considered to be a variety of, or not distinct from, A. triphyllum, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm160502_027
May Transylvania County NC
Spathe hood green, obtuse to abruptly acute, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120728_049
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Spathe withers after flowering, replaced by a showy cluster of red berries, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.