Arisaema lichiangense Peltoboykinia tucked just under the foliage

tucked just under the foliage

imported from China in the mid-1990s by Dr

sweet fern

spread the roots out horizontally and plant shallow

Arisaema lichiangense Peltoboykinia tucked just under the foliageArisaema lichiangense hails from dry, open areas at 7,000 10,000' elevation in the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, China. Arisaema lichiangense is a rarely cultivated Jack in the pulpit species, closely related to the better known Arisaema candidissimum and Arisaema fargesii. The trifoliate (3 lobed) leaves, often with a blue green cast, emerge alongside the flower spikes in early June (NC). Atop the 6" tall flowering stalk (pseudostem) sits a pulpit