FNPS Plant Database

Arisaema dracontium

green dragon, dragonroot

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

green dragon, dragonroot

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Arisaema dracontium

Family:

Araceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

green

Fruit Color:

red

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Mostly a curiosity in the shade garden.

Considerations:

All parts of the plant contain calcium oxalate and are poisonous.

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed, division of tubers.

Light:

Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Birds, Mammals

Pollinated by flies.

Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit. 

Native Habitats:

Moist hammocks,

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

Poisonous to humans. Some Indian tribes used it as a medicinal plant.

General Comments:

Citations:

Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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