Southern Indiana Wildflower Walks

Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum “Jack” (the club-like spadix also called ‘the preacher’) - “in the pulpit” (the leaf-like ‘spathe’) is easily recognized in the woodlands of Indiana. Jack-in-the-pulpit is of the calla - (like calla lily), or arum family. This unusual flower is found throughout Indiana, mostly in low, moist woodlands, and is becoming exceedingly rare. Sources: Wildflowers of Indiana Woodlands, by Sylvan T. Runkel and Alvin F. Bull. Copyright 1979, Iowa State University Press

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