Interesting info

• The unusual green dragon has an arc of long leaflets on top of its stem.
• The flower looks like a fleshy sheath with a long, protruding "dragon's tongue."
• The fruit looks like a stubby corncob with kernels that turn red and orange when mature.

You ought to know

Height: about 1', sometimes taller

Frequency: Found infrequently in both low-lying areas of the woods and in the higher, drier areas.

Blooms: May

Range: Found throughout Indiana and from New England to Minnesota and Kansas and to Florida and Texas.  (1)

Dragon root (Bot.), an American aroid plant (Aris[ae]ma Dracontium); green dragon. (2)