Arisaema dracontium

RHS Plant Profile

green dragon

Other common names

American wake-robin, devil's pulpit, devil's tongue, dragon, dragon plant, dragon root, dragon's tail, foetid hellebore

Family: Araceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Genus: Arisaema are mostly tuberous perennials usually with palmately lobed leaves, and distinctive tubular, hooded spathes within which the tiny true flowers are clustered at the base of the club-like or filamentous spadix, followed by a spike of red berries
Name Status: Correct