General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches (30-45cm)
Plant Spread: 12 to 16 inches (30-40cm)
Fruit: Showy
Other: Berries orange when ripe.
Flowers: Showy
Malodorous
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Tuber
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Dragon's Mouth
  • Dead Horse Arum
  • Pig Butt Arum
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Helicodiceros muscivorus
  • Synonym: Dracunculus muscivorus

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Location: z6a MA
Date: 2014-12-11
It's important to plant tubers vertically with the growth point a

Peter Charles Boyce; eMonocot Team Helicodiceros CATE Araceae htt

Anna Haigh; eMonocot Team Helicodiceros CATE Araceae http://arace

Date: c. 1900
illustration from Robinson's 'The English Flower Garden', 1900
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2015-06-23

Anna Haigh; eMonocot Team Helicodiceros CATE Araceae http://arace

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