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Green Dragon

Pinellia tripartita (pi-NEL-lee-ah try-par-TEE-tah)

Family: Araceae Non-native Herbaceous

Green Dragon grows in Rock Garden and Woodland Gardens. It is native to China Southeast, Japan, Nansei-shoto, and Korea.

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 18 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous
See companions & conflicts ↓

Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Herbaceous Perennial
Life cycle
Perennial
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous
Form & Appearance
Leaf color
Green
Leaf shape
Oblong; Ovate
Hairs present
No
Flower form
Spadix
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Non-native
Origin
China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Woodland
Landscape theme
Rock Garden
Garden tags
#spadix #perennial

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.