The arum family has a spathe and a spadix. The spadix contains small flowers under the spathe.
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Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Arum Family Note the Spathe over a spike called a spadix. The flower looks like a preacher in the pulpit. Common in Indiana and Minnesota woods. The fruit is supposedly poisonous but Northland Wilflowers calls the plant Indian Turnip because the corm at the base of the stem. |
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Wild Calla Arum The Wild Calla grows in shallow wetlands of Minnesota. |