Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinellia tripartita
FAMILY
Araceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of China
Pinellia tripartita
COMMON NAME:
Green Dragon, Pinellia, Voodoo Lily
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Wang Ling, Li Heng & Li Rong, for Flora of China foci_23_033
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JK Marlow jkm080505_072
May Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
'Atropurpurea'?
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JK Marlow jkm080505_072b
May Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
Spadix has a 7-10" whip-like extension which emerges upward from the spathe, per www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.
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JK Marlow jkm080505_079
May Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
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JK Marlow jkm080505_095
May Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
Leaf blade deeply 3-partite, anterior lobe broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm160707_207
July Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
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JK Marlow jkm160707_208
July Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
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JK Marlow jkm160707_222
July Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
Leaf blade's anterior lobe broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, sessile, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm160707_228
July Spartanburg County SC
Chinquapin Greenway
Each upright leaf petiole is terminated by a single trifoliate green leaf, per www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.
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Lesley Ingram, Bugwood.org bug_5402212
Month Unknown Australia
Spathe persistent, slightly constricted between tube & blade, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinellia tripartita
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of China
Pinellia tripartita
3744
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Japan & Hong Kong
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Palmately compound: 3(5) leaflets (juvenile plant leaves can be deeply 3-lobed or simple)
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green flowers, often hidden by the whitish to light green spathe
Unisexual
Inflorescence a spadix
FRUIT:
Green
Berry
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