Arisaema, genus Arisaema

tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials

• monocot genus, liliopsid genus — genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

• jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens — common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
• green dragon, Arisaema dracontium — early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix

• Araceae, family Araceae, arum family — anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron