Jack in the Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllumnative · Central Texas
Jack in the Pulpit is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 2 ft tall. It wants shade and high water. Blooms white in early summer. Good for birds.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Shade (0–2 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- High
- Height
- About 2 ft
- Bloom
- Early Summer · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
1 occurrence record in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.