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Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)

Look for it generally in peaty & stagnant water, such as beaver ponds, blackwater streams, swamps, pools in low pocosins, streambeds in Piedmont, bogs & swamps in the mountains, per Weakley's Flora

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Aquatic ...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal cluster

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
Inflorescence a spadix

FRUIT:
Spring

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p210
• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p167
• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p184
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p154
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p331
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p336
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p121
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p156
• Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p009
• Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p008
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p339
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p391
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p004
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p280

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Orontium aquaticum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Orontium aquaticum   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-02-001:
Orontium aquaticum   FAMILY Araceae