JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT

[jack-in-the-pul.pit] n, pl jack-in-the-pulpits or jacks-in-the-pulpit (1837): an American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum syn. A. atrorubens) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe