ToxicDo not eat
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Hooded pulpit flower, three leaflets, clusters of red berries. Calcium oxalate — do not eat raw.
- Marks
- Three leaflets; hooded pulpit; red berry club
- Size
- 1–2 ft
- Habitat
- Rich, damp woods.
- Season
- April–June flower; berries August–September.
- Frequency
- common
A single stalk with one or two three-part leaves. The flower is a striped spathe (pulpit) wrapping a spadix (Jack). Late summer: tight club of scarlet berries.
If this is the one
Raw corm burns the mouth badly. Traditional ‘Indian turnip’ required long drying — not a starvation shortcut.