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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Peltandra sagittifolia
FAMILY
Araceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Peltandra from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra sagittifolia
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-002:
Peltandra sagittaefolia
FAMILY
Araceae
COMMON NAME:
White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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
Spathe tube light green inside & out, closed; spathe blade white, widely open, per Flora of North America.
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John B. Nelson jbn_159981373_8d3f87bf89
June Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Perennial with arrow-shaped leaves, vegetatively similar to P. virginica, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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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
Leaf blade smaller on average and less variable in shape than P. virginica, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
leaves of Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-002:
Peltandra sagittaefolia
FAMILY
Araceae
1041
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare in GA-NC-SC, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Look for it in pocosins of outer Coastal Plain, sphagnous swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Aquatic
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Unisexual
Inflorescence a spadix
FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p185
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p312
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p118
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p156
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p011
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p010