Jack In The Pulpit

Arisaema kiushianum Araceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Treman Woodland Walk

Source of plant

Naylor Creek Nursery

Description

To 40cm. Leaf solitary, radiate, leaflets 10-20x2-4cm, 7-13, lanceolate, long-acuminate. Peduncle to 15cm; spathe dark purple, limb broad-ovate, strongly incurved, cuspidate, interior marked white; spadix appendix to 18cm, slender, tapering above, long-exserted.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5