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One of the clear forms of Dracunculus vulgaris
I received these two Arisaema as Arisaema serratun, the first one as ssp.serratum. They look pretty different. Any ideas about ID?
Quote from: olegKon on May 24, 2010, 01:32:07 PMI received these two Arisaema as Arisaema serratun, the first one as ssp.serratum. They look pretty different. Any ideas about ID?Oleg, Arisaema serratum is a very widespread species in Japan and Korea and therefore highly polymorphic. Many distinct forms within its distribution range have often been raised to species or subspecies level and merged back into serratum again later on after additional research, showing how difficult this group taxonomically is asses. But both plants on your pictures are part of the serratum complex. Horticulturally distinct but taxonomically the same species. With so many Arisaema species, there often is no typical "species X" but many variants of the species. The second plant comes close to what previously was known as Arisaema mayebarae, one of the darkest forms of serratum