General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Fruit: Other: Berries red when ripe.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Tuber
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant contain calcium oxalate crystals, an irritant to the mouth and esophagus. Toxic to cats and dogs.
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Remove seed(s) from berry which contains chemicals that inhibit germination.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Pollinators: Flies

Common names
  • Cobra Lily
  • Chinese Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Arisaema amurense
  • Synonym: Arisaema komarovii
  • Synonym: Arisaema robustum
  • Synonym: Arisaema amurense subsp. robustum
  • Synonym: Arisaema amurense var. amurense

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