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Photographer: Robert Bierman
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Family Araceae
Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott subsp. triphyllum
Indian turnip, Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema: Greek aris, a kind of arum, and haema for "blood"
triphyllum: Latin for "three-leaved"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb |
| Flower: | yellow, tiny; inflorescence a cylindrical, rounded-tipped spadix with flowers covering only the lower section; greenish to reddish 4"-6" tall spathe is wider toward the top and arches over the spadix; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | round cluster of red berries |
| Leaf: | usually 1 or 2, long-stalked, divided leaves with 3 leaflets, the side leaflets distinctly asymmetrical |
| Habitat: | partial sun to shade; moderate moisture to moist; woods, forests; in sandy, loamy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Hugh H. Iltis&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Keir Morse&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Keir Morse&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Kenneth J. Sytsma&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Kenneth J. Sytsma&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Merel R. Black&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Marion Sheehan&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Paul Drobot&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Paul Drobot&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Paul Drobot&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Paul Drobot&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
 Schott subsp. triphyllum&phog=Robert R. Kowal&spcode=ARITRIsTRI)
