Green Dragon — Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott
| Green Dragon is a spectacular but uncommon plant of the Araceae family that is found in bottomlands and floodplains. It is more common in the Piedmont region in North Carolina than in the Mountains or Coastal Plain. It is in the same genus as the much more common Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum). Caswell Co., NC 5/21/10. |
| This was a huge one, about 3.5 feet tall! Caswell Co., NC 5/21/10. |
| The Green Dragon's flower is a wickedly cool shrouded spike with a long orange-yellow tail. Caswell Co., NC 5/21/10. |
| Flower detail. Caswell Co., NC 5/21/10. |