Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Peltandra virginica
FAMILY
Araceae
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Learn more about Peltandra from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra virginica
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-001:
Peltandra virginica
FAMILY
Araceae
COMMON NAME:
Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe
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JK Marlow jkm080517_116
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
The spadix is enclosed within a green sheathlike envelope (spathe), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
JK Marlow jkm210507_0123
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Foliage suggests that of Sagittaria latifolia, but leaves pinnately veined, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
leaves of Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed
JK Marlow jkm210603_0984
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
The tiny flowers grow densely on a yellow cylindrical stalk (spadix), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Peltandra virginica
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra virginica
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-001:
Peltandra virginica
FAMILY
Araceae