Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)


Photographed May 29.

A common woodland plant, but being common does not make it any less weird. The common name seems a good description: the spadix really does look like a black-cloaked preacher standing in an old-fashioned pulpit with a sounding board above. This plant was blooming on the grounds of Fallingwater in Mill Run.

For a description of the species, see the Arisaema triphyllum reference page.


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