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  Re: Florida Arisaema.
From: Iza & Carol Goroff goroff at idcnet.com> on 2001.03.06 at 17:48:02(6019)
Julius Boos wrote:

> Yesterday I came across a seemingly natural population of an Arisaema sp. in
> Hobe Sound, just N. of Jupiter on the E. Coast of Florida. This is way
> South of where I had read they occur, which was I believe somewhere around
> Gainesville, N. Florida. It is in a tidal bog just W. of the
> intercoastal, around Condos. 'A' and 'B' of a development called 'Loblolly
> Bay', built on stilts over this black, wet smelly soil, sand fly infested
> swamp!!! A LOT were in bloom, the plants varied in size from 12" or so up
> to 3 - 4 feet! I know that there are two species recorded from Florida, A.
> dracontium and A. triphyllium ( ? ), any know how I can tell the
> difference??

A. dracontium has multiple leaflets/leaf; A.triphyllum has but three. A.
dracontium ("Green Dragon") has a very narrow green spathe; Aa triphyllum has
the usual "Jack-in-the-pulpit" shape. Its spathe can be striped or not, green or
yellow or brown or red or purple.

Iza Goroff

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