Scientific Name: Arisaema sikokianum
Common Name: Japanese cobra lily, Japanese Jack-in-the-pulpit
Family Name: Araceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Spring interest, Woodland margin
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrate
Flowers: Spadix (& spathe), White, Purple, Apr-May
Fruit: Berry (true), Orange, Red, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves 2, alternate (initially basal until stem elongates), pamately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets, most ovate, 5-9cm long x 2-6cm wide; spathe with a purplish base, a snow-white cup, and a large hood with purple, green and white stripes, spadix pure white; berries thighly clustered, red.