Amur Jack-in-the-pulpit is an East Asian cousin of North America's familiar Jack-in-the-pulpit, native to Korea, China, and the Russian Far East. It doesn't grow wild in the US; outside its home range it is grown by some plant collectors and botanical gardens.
Appearance
- Appearance
- A highly variable perennial, usually up to about 1 ft (30 cm) tall, that grows from an underground tuber.
- Flowers
- The hooded is usually green striped with white, sometimes brownish green or dull purplish green, and is held below or among the leaves.
- Fruit
- Berries start green and ripen to orange-red in fall.
Where it lives
- Typical habitats
- forests
- streamsides
- Range
- Native to the southern Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula, and northern and eastern China. Not native to North America.
- Preferred conditions
- Grows in many kinds of forest, usually near streams.
Cautions
- Cautions
- Like its relatives, the plant is poisonous, especially the tuber, and the red berries should not be eaten.
Culture and stories
- Culture and stories
- Its tubers are gathered from the wild for use in traditional Chinese medicine.
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