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Jack in the Pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Photo by JimJohnson2
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Arisaema triphyllum

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Comments (8)
JimJohnson2
Hi StirredMocha! Here's what happened. I uploaded the berry picture from my smartphone to the Project Noah site. I went back and took a picture of the leaves, later, then uploaded the leaves from my camera ap. When you mentioned the arum, I looked it up and it was a dead match for the berries. But when I uploaded the leaves, I noticed the leaves being different. Lots of missteps here but we got good results. Thanks for hanging in there with me...
StirredMocha
Oh I didn't even realize that you had a leaf picture! Yes it is definitely a jack in the pulpit (which is in the arum family)
JimJohnson2
Well, I was confused when I saw the leaves were not arrow shaped and so I asked my local expert - my lovely wife. She commented "It looks like Jack in the Pulpit to me." Took her exactly two seconds. If you get a chance could you double check and confirm for me?
JimJohnson2
Hi dandoucette and StirredMocha! Hey thanks! I never heard of arum. I had seem mayapples in the general area and that's what I thought I was looking at. I checked on the Internet and it's definitely arum!
Dan Doucette
I agree with StirredMocha, its not a mayapple but an arum.
StirredMocha
A mayapple would have a curved stem for its fruit and only show one fruiting body rather than the many "berries" shown here. The growth pattern of the plant would also be somewhat different. Still pretty sure it's an arum of sort :)
JimJohnson2
Thank you, StirredMocha! I'm going to check some more but it may be a mayapple.

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