Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Jack in the Pulpit (Indian Turnip) |
| Scientific Name | Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott |
| Family Name | Araceae (Arum Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | open, moist to mesic (wet) woods |
| Plant Height: | 30-60 cm, erect stem |
| Flower Color: | yellow to green, visible spathe usually green stripped with brown/red |
| Flower: | incomplete; small unisexual flowers at base of spadix; staminate and pistillate flowers often on separate plants |
| Inflorescence: | typically 3-4" tall; solitary spadix surrounded by spathe which is green or brownish colored often streaked or mottled |
| Fruit: | shiny, red clustered berries |
| Leaves: | entire; compound; three ovate leaflets on a basal stalk |
| Bloom Time: | April-May |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | Native Americans gathered fleshy corms for food, though in the uncooked state, this plant can severely irritate the mouth; some authors separate into several species depending on size and region growing; similar to A. dracontium though more frequent |
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