North Carolina Wildflowers

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Araceae>Arisaema
	Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006 Fairly common in moist woods statewide, this has always been one of my favorite plants! The structure shown here is the "spathe", a leaf-like bract which wraps around the spike of small flowers.
	Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Washington Co., NC 30 June 2006 Fruits are clusters of berries turning red when ripe in late summer.
	Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Bottomland forest near Haw River in Chatham Co., NC 7 June 2008
	Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Bottomland forest near Haw River in Chatham Co., NC 7 June 2008 Fruits are berries and turn red when mature.

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Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.