Arisaema tortuosum Summer Flowering Plants like a Solomon's seal

like a Solomon's seal

although it grows okay in open shade

an English naturalist from the 1700s

unirrigated roadside bank where it doesn't spread as fast or get as tall

Arisaema tortuosum Summer Flowering Plants like a Solomon's sealArisaema tortuosum is one of the true conversation pieces of the hardy aroid world. The thick, 4' tall, fleshy petiole (stalk) of Arisaema tortuosum emerges in early June, adorned by two tropical looking, palmate green leaves near the top. As the leaves unfurl, the pitcher that tops the stem opens to reveal a green Jack in the pulpit flower, but with a whip like tongue that extends from the mouth of the flower upwards to 12" or more it don't get much