Yellow Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema flavum)

Family: Araceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Arisaema flavum is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.4 m (1ft 4in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 7. It is in flower from June to July, and the seeds ripen from June to July. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and is pollinated by Flies. The plant is not self-fertile.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young leaves - cooked and used as a vegetable. Some caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity. — Young leaves - cooked and used as a vegetable.; Some caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity.

Habitat & North American Range

Mountain slopes, farmland edges and roadsides in sub-alpine steppe, 3500 - 4300 metres in Tibet. Locally common in Kashmir on humus-rich soils. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)