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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Peltandra sagittifolia   FAMILY Araceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra sagittifolia   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Peltandra sagittifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Peltandra sagittifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-002:

Peltandra sagittaefolia   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Peltandra glauca

 

COMMON NAME:
White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower


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image of Peltandra sagittifolia, White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower

JK Marlow    jkm060423_022

April    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Grows in sphagnum openings in pocossins, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).

image of Peltandra sagittifolia, White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmpeltandra_sag

May    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Spathe tube light green inside & out, closed; spathe blade white, widely open, per Flora of North America.

image of Peltandra sagittifolia, White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower

John B. Nelson    jbn_159981373_8d3f87bf89

June    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Perennial with arrow-shaped leaves, vegetatively similar to P. virginica, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Peltandra sagittifolia, White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_sagittifolia_2

July        

Inflorescence a spadix subtended by a flared, open, white spathe, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Peltandra sagittifolia, White Arrow-arum, White Arum, Spoonflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_sagittifolia_5

July        

Leaf blade smaller on average and less variable in shape than P. virginica, per Flora of North America.


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Peltandra sagittifolia   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra sagittifolia   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Peltandra sagittifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Peltandra sagittifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-002:
Peltandra sagittaefolia   FAMILY Araceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Peltandra glauca

 

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1041

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: pocosins of the outer Coastal Plain, sphagnous swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer
White
Unisexual

Inflorescence a spadix

FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Berry

 

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