4038

Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

Look for it in swamps and moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Spathe hood solid green or solid purple
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 p103?
• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p224?
• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p129?
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p103?
• Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p036?
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p296?
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p036
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p128?
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p156?
• Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p012?
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p012?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p338?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p390?
• Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p335?
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p003?

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arisaema pusillum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. pusillum   FAMILY Araceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 032-05-002?:
Arisaema triphyllum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Arisaema triphyllum var. pusillum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Arisaema pusillum