Aquatic
...Wet
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Peltandra from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Peltandra sagittifolia
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra sagittifolia
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 032-04-002:
Peltandra sagittaefolia
FAMILY
Araceae
COMMON NAME:
White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower
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JK Marlow jkm060423_022
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Grows in sphagnum openings in pocossins, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmpeltandra_sag
May Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
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John B. Nelson jbn_159981373_8d3f87bf89
June Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_sagittifolia_2
July
Inflorescence a spadix subtended by a flared, open, white spathe, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_sagittifolia_5
July
Perennial with arrow-shaped leaves, vegetatively similar to P. virginica, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
COMPARE
leaves of Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed