Green Dragon
Arisaema dracontium
Also known as: Dragon Arum
Cousin of Jack-in-the-pulpit but stranger — a slender pale-green spadix extends 6 inches past the spathe, like a flicking tongue. Striking bright-red fruit cluster in late summer. Single horizontally-held leaf divided into 7-15 leaflets.
- Family
- Araceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV