Arisaema dracontium

Green Dragon

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Family: Araceae (Arum family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - June
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: July

Green Dragon typically grows a single leaf with a long petiole, with the leaf dividing into 7–13 leaflets. It's flowering spathe elongates into a tall tail-like spadix that extends well above the flower.




3 June 2024
Riverside Preserve, Warrenton, VA
3 June 2024
Riverside Preserve, Warrenton, VA
3 June 2024
Riverside Preserve, Warrenton, VA
(showing light-colored flowering portion with elongated spadix)
3 June 2024
Riverside Preserve, Warrenton, VA
(flowering portion)
2 June 2024
Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA
     




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