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Green Dragon
Arisaema dracontium

Type:
Wildflower
Light Exposure:
Mixed Sun and Shade, Shade
Soil Moisture:
Wet
Height:
3 feet
Bloom Color:
Green

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Notes/Description:

Like its smaller cousin, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Green Dragon thrives under a variety of conditions, but grows most vigorously in moist, shady, seasonally wet locations. It is deer resistant! The 'Jack,' is the spongy cylindrical structure inside a leaf-like structure that is rolled into a deep cup with an overhanging roof, the 'pulpit'. The whole ensemble somewhat resembles a minister in an old-fashioned pulpit. The fruit are smooth, shiny green, 1 cm wide berries clustered on the thickened spadix and ripen in late summer and fall, turning a bright red color before the plants go dormant.

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