| Description | Japanese Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema sikokianum) is a large Jack-in-the-Pulpit type plant with a smokey purple base and white inner cup. Grows in moist shaded areas of the garden. |
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| Pronunciation | (air-ris-SEE-muh) (si-ko-kee-AH-num) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-7 |
| Sunlight | shaded, light shade |
| Moisture | moist, resents dry |
| Soil & Site | rich, humusy, moist, deciduous woods |
| Temperature | goes dormant in late summer |
| Flowers | white pestle shaped spathix, surrounded by a spathe which is smokey purple on the outside and white on the inside |
| Fruit | seeds turning a bright red |
| Leaves | two leaves, may have silver mottling, one leaf with three lobes, other having five. |
| Roots | tubers |
| Dimensions | 18-20 inches or higher depending on the site |
| Propagation | offsets, difficult from seed |
| Native Site | Japan |
| Misc Facts | syn: Arisaema magnificum, Arisaema sazensoo, Arisaema sikokianum var. integrifolium, syn common names: Circumcised Japanese Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Japanese Jack in the Pulpit, Snow Rice-cake Plant, Japanese Cobra Lily, Gaudy Jack |
| Author's Notes | Although I have never grown this plant, have seen it many times in wooded areas. It is an unusual looking, striking plant that is ampt to stimulate a conversation among plantphyles. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #161-Paghat's Gardens (www.paghat.com) |
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