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 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
COMMON NAME:
Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe
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JK Marlow jkm080517_116
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Slender club-shaped spadix enclosed in a narrow pointed green spathe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm080611_052
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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