Green Dragon

(Arisaema dracontium)

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of Kattie Kahout, Wisconsin State Herbarium

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)

Identification: "Flower" consisting of a rounded, modified leaf with a projecting hood (spathe) and containing an extremely long and narrow flower stalk crowded with minute green flowers (spadix). A single leaf divided into 5 to 15 leaflets. Plant 1 to 4 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America, but local in distribution.

Habitat: Green Dragon is found in rich woods and along stream banks.

Flowering period: May to June.

Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)

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The extremely elongate spadix and the single leaf divided into 5 to 15 leaflets are both distinctive features of Green Dragon.

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