Arisaema odoratum (Araceae)
Plants monoecious or male. Tuber subglobose. Cataphylls 2 or 3, membranous. Leaves 1 or 2; petiole green to purplish, unmarked, 13–22cm, basal 4–7cm sheathing into pseudostem; leaf blade 3-foliolate; leaflets sessile, ovate to oblong, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate. Inflorescence fragrant; peduncle green, nearly as long as petiole. Spathe white, 7–8cm; tube funnelform, gradually opening to blade; limb ovate or oblong to narrowly oblong, 5.5–6 × 1.7–4cm, apex acute to acuminate, bending forward. Spadix male or bisexual; female flowers green or cream-colored, congested in basal part of spadix; male flowers white. Appendix extremely fragrant, sessile, dull green, becoming orange, whip-shaped, 5–9cm, bent down from throat of spathe. 2n = 22*.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
Humid grassy slopes at forest margins.