ARISAEMA-L Digest - 23 Jul 2000 to 24 Jul 2000 (#2000-96)

[nancy swell]

>George & Tony,

I'll buy calling it the 5 leaved Arisaema with three leaves, but along with
Tennessee where Tony saw it, and near Cheat Bridge in West Virginia (about
4,000 ft.) it doesn't sound like it is restricted to the deep south. That
area has a lot in common with Canada, in fact an awful lot of things are at
their southern limit there. Tony, what altitude was it growing in
Tennessee? Wonder if this is another case of not seeing what was there all
the time. Admittedly, Dutch didn't do that. Anyway, thanks to you
both...... Nancy

>Probably A. triphyllum ssp. quinatum.  Huttleston has this to say about
>ir:
>"A. triphyllum ssp quinatum (Buckley) Hutt. has a very restricted range
>in the deep south and is found only in Georgia, northern Florida,
>Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.  It grows in moist, shaded
>situations.  It tends to be smaller than the other subspecies and its
>leaves are usually glaucous beneath and [penta-foliate] though they are
>sometimes tri-foliate or lack gaucescense.  The spathe tube is smooth and
>topped by broad, flaring, but not depressed flanges.  The spathe blade is
>unmarked green and oval or orbicular with an abruptly apiculate tip.  The
>cylindrical spadix appendix is very slender and curved toward the opening
>of the spathe.  Its chromosome number is 28."
>
>The brackets for emphasis are mine.
>
>Ray
>************************************
>Date:    Mon, 24 Jul 2000 06:54:24 -0400
>From:    Tony Avent <tony at PLANTDEL.COM>
>Subject: Re: 5 leafed A. triphyllum
>
>         You can add Tennessee to the list for A. triphyllum ssp.
> quinatum.  On our
>expedition this spring, we stumbled on a patch of thousands...all five leaf
>type in Parksville Beach, TN.  Having never seen this in the wild before,
>it was truly amazing.
>Tony

Nancy Swell <swell at erols.com>
Richmond VA   Zone 7 --- colder than Raleigh and Norfolk, warmer than
Baltimore and Blacksburg