Thursday, May 11, 2006

Jack in the Pulpit


Be careful not to eat these - they're poisonous.
"Jack-in-the-pulpit; also known as Wild turnip, arum, three-leaved arum, dragon-turnip, brown dragon, devil's-ear, marsh turnip, swamp turnip, meadow turnip, priest's-pintle, lords-and-ladies, Indian Turnip, Bog onion."

The Arboretum, Guelph

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

and a threatened species,due to deep shade requirements.
is this a recent photo?
My jack-i-n-the-backyard-pulpit have not reached this stge of development yet- they are still at mere leafing our ste in chilly nb

Anonymous said...

jeez, never type when it's late or when you're drunk
i mean...
the J-entre-Pulpite are at leafing out stage in NB, just now, no blossoms yet

we are weeks (years, millenia) behind.

Anonymous said...

A Jack arrived in my backyard a few year's ago. Last year, Jill showed up...she's much smaller.

I'll have to get you to show me how to take a pic that captures the detail like this.

yer neighbour

Anonymous said...

hey sue,
i think Jack in the pulpit and his cousin the "ladyslipper" are the only real boys of the flower world-

all the other flowers seem more like jills (in my book)

randy sutherland said...

This photo was taken about a week ago.
Some now have a more pronounced red colour inside.