Arisaema dracontium

green dragon, dragonroot

Araceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

ft

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

green

Fruit Color:

red

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Mostly a curiosity in the shade garden.

Considerations:

All parts of the plant contain calcium oxalate and are poisonous.

Light:

Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Birds, Mammals

Pollinated by flies.

Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit. 

Native Habitats:

Moist hammocks,