About Arisaema stewardsonii Britton
Taxonomic Identity
Arisaema stewardsonii Britton is a herbaceous, perennial flowering plant that grows from a corm.
Leaf Structure
Like other species in the Arisaema triphyllum complex, each of its leaves has three leaflets.
Distinguishing Trait
It can be distinguished from other members of this complex by its strongly fluted, or ridged, spathe tube, a distinctive trait no other member of the complex has.
Type Locality
Arisaema stewardsonii was first discovered growing in wet woods among Sphagnum mosses in eastern Pennsylvania.
Common Name Etymology
This original habitat gave it the common name bog Jack-in-the-pulpit.
Core Distribution
It grows primarily in the northeastern United States and the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada.
Range Extent
Its range extends south to the mountains of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, and west to Ohio.
Additional Common Name
As it is the most northern taxon in the Arisaema triphyllum complex, it is also sometimes called northern Jack-in-the-pulpit.
