Arisaema iyoanum var nakaianum
Arisaema iyoanum var. nakaianum is one of the rarest and most dramatic of the Japanese native cobra lilies…found only along riverbanks in Japan’s Shikoku Province. The 3′ tall single black-blotched stalk is topped with a single horseshoe-shaped green leaf with 9-11 leaflets. The jack-in-the-pulpit-like spathe is dark black with pink-to-green vertical striping. Inside the flower (spathe) sits a club-like green spadix with black freckles…each seedling is slightly different. The shape of the inflorescence is very reminiscent of the character Mushmouth on the Fat Albert cartoons.
