4040

Forb
Perennial
Reversibly dioecious, or monoecious

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Uncommon

Look for it in mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Spathe hood solid green or solid purple
Inflorescence a spadix

FRUIT:

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p224?
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p156?

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Keys to the flora of Florida, Arisaema (Araceae) (Ward, 2012)
Arisaema triphyllum var. acuminatum

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)
Arisaema acuminatum