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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema quinatum
FAMILY
Araceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. quinatum
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Arisaema triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN Biosystematics of the Arisaema triphyllum complex (Treiber, 1980)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum FAMILY Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arisaema quinatum
COMMON NAME:
Preacher John, Southern Jack-in-the-Pulpit, 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 jkm200422_4044
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (2015).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160502_027
May Transylvania County NC
Spathe flange 2-9mm broad; hood green, obtuse to abruptly acute, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0381
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema quinatum
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. quinatum
FAMILY
Araceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Arisaema triphyllum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Biosystematics of the Arisaema triphyllum complex (Treiber, 1980)
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arisaema quinatum
2921
Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious
Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: (3)5 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Spathe hood green
Inflorescence a spadix (cylindrical and blunt, included in the spathe, gently curved outward)
FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p224
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p140
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p338
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p390
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