Aquatic
...Wet
...Moist
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pevi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pevi_006_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070328_002
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm070328_019
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080517_096
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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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.
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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
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JK Marlow jkm060619_003
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm080611_049
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0986
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm060808_020
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0210d_01
October Greenville County SC
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