Arrow Arum

(Peltandra virginica)

 

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Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica)

Identification: Flowering stalk (spadix) concealed or partically concealed by an elongate, curled and pointed modified leaf (spathe). Flowering stalk (spadix) with flowers minute and crowed along the stalk. Leaves large, arrowhead shaped, reminiscent of species of the genus Sagittaria. Plant 1 to 1.5 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America from southern Canada southward. Also known from the Pacific Coast States.

Habitat: Arrow Arum is a mostly aquatic species found in swamps or wet spots in the forest.

Flowering period: May to July.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica)

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Arrow Arum is an easy species to identify in flower. However when not in flower it can be easily misidentified as a species of the genus Sagittaria (Alismataceae).

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