Family: Arum (Araceae)

The flaplike spathe is green or purplish brown, often striped, and curves gracefully over the club-shaped spadix (the "Jack" or preacher in his canopied pulpit). Flowers tiny, at base of spadix; staminate and pistillate flowers often seperate plants. Leaves 1 or 2, long-stemmed. 3-parted. Fruit a cluster of scarlet berries.

Height: 1-3 feet

Found: Woods and swamps

Blooms: April-June