Arisaema are coming

[aaron floden]

Hello to all,

I have recently come back from a trip through a few
of the southeastern states and saw Arisaema
triphyllum, A.t.quinatum, and A. dracontium all in the
wild.
At all the sites I saw A.t.quinatum the regular
triphyllum had there inflorescenses begining to fade
and quinatum was still unfurling its leaves with its
inflorescence still tightly rolled.
Is it really a variety of triphyllum or is it
deserving of species status? I know that urashima has
variety/subsp. autumnale that flowers later,
obviously. I found a quinate form of triphyllum here
in Kansas last summer and transplanted it into the
garden. This year it has come up the same time as all
my other triphyllum and has normal leaves, and not
single quinatum is showing yet.
Anyway, just not understanding why all the Asian
species and slightly different forms deserve species
status and the Americans don't. Stewardsonii? Still 2
weeks until its awakening.
Aaron Floden
Z5 Kansas



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