Shown below are images of a jack-in-the-pulpit plant that comes out in
the woods around the time of cherry blossom. The peculiar dark purple
spathe covers the entire flowers on the spadix inside. Jack-in-the-pulpit plant is a
member of Araceae family.
Jack-in-the-pulpit is a monocot. Click here
to see its scattered vascular bundles.
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema thunbergii ssp. urashima
Chiba, Japan
April 2004
