Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Do you have Arisaema or Pinellia?

To look for this species, work in wetter bottomlands, and look for a fairly small plant, with the undersides of the leaves (leaflets) green (and not glaucous), and with an unstriped hood and lightly striped spathe. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Arisaema triphyllum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Arisaema triphyllum var. 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 pusillum

COMMON NAME:
Small Jack in the Pulpit, Swamp Jack

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdma_pusillum

April    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Spathe flange 1-3mm broad, hood solid green or solid purple, apex acute, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_a_triphyllumpusillum1

May    Moore County    NC

Leaves green beneath at maturity (very rarely glaucous), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Arisaema pusillum   FAMILY Araceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Arisaema triphyllum

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