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Title Jack-in-the-box, Arisaema triphyllum, Araceae
Date May 11, 1950
Description The image shows a blooming Jack in the box (Arisaema triphyllum) with dried leaves and twigs at its base. The plant was in Roanoke County, Virginia, at Bent Mountain at a cavern-like outcropping of rock along the road. The photograph was taken by Myrl Brooks on May 11, 1950. Photographer's remarks on photocard: "There is a specimen back under the outcropping of rock whose flower measured six inches and which has an overall height of twenty-seven inches."
Location Location Name: Bent Mountain
Parkway Milepost: 134.0
Latitude: 37.1481912
Longitude: -80.1053173
Creator Individual Myrl Brooks
Tags Flora
Photographs
Roanoke County (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway