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11 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 9 months ago
Sarah Mays
Sarah Mays 9 months ago

I think it may be an arum, thank you Lars.

Sarah Mays
Sarah Mays 9 months ago

I found it at a place called boxer wood gardens. I doubt it is a native species to Virginia.

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 9 months ago

Yes it could Lars, which is why the habitat is important, if found in the deep woods highly unlikely it is Arum, but if found in someones garden that is another story.

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 9 months ago

Might also be an Arum - compare with this European species: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127...

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 9 months ago

I would agree with Jake, you can check this link to see if those are the leaves you saw. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8334337@N03...
Additionally, the habitat portion of a spotting can be very important in determining species, consider including this in the future.

Sarah Mays
Sarah Mays 9 months ago

It had big giant leaves like a foot or so wide. I guess I should have took some pictures of those too.

JakeFrancis
JakeFrancis 9 months ago

Any pictures of the leaves, if there were some present? Might be Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Uday
Uday 9 months ago

welcome :)

Sarah Mays
Sarah Mays 9 months ago

Thank you!

Uday
Uday 9 months ago

beautiful!

Virginia, USA

Lat: 37.78, Long: -79.46

Spotted on Aug 5, 2012
Submitted on Aug 6, 2012

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