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Arisaema tortuosum
Family: Araceae (190 species)
Common Name(s): Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Dragon Arum
Grown by: Barbara and John Hopper, Kenwood

Aris-arum
Haim- blood eg. Haemoglobin, perhaps from the ‘flecks’ seen in this type species

These herbaceous, usually temperate plants related to skunk cabbage and calla lilies, are fascinating in their bizarre spotting, banding and streaking along with digitate to trifoliate leaf shapes and the unique floral arrangement of the spathe and spadix...

Photo by Mike Dahlin