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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra virginica   FAMILY Araceae

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

Peltandra virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Peltandra virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-001:

Peltandra virginica   FAMILY Araceae

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

Peltandra virginica

 

COMMON NAME:
Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe


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image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pevi_001_lvd

        

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pevi_006_lvd

        

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm070328_002

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm070328_019

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm080517_096

May    Aiken County    SC

Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

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 (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0123

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm060619_003

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm080611_049

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

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 (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0986

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm060808_020

August    Greenville County    SC

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4920

August    Greenville County    SC

Core Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Foliage suggests that of Sagittaria latifolia, but leaves pinnately veined, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4920b

August    Greenville County    SC

Core Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Leaves with 3 main nerves and netted and parallel side veins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm230809_4949

August    Greenville County    SC

Core Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Peltandra virginica, Green Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe

JK Marlow    jkm0210d_01

October    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Peltandra virginica   FAMILY Araceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Peltandra virginica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 032-04-001:
Peltandra virginica   FAMILY Araceae

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

 

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1042

Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: marshes, bogs, beaver ponds, pocosins, other stagnant, aquatic situations, freshwater to oligohaline tidal marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish
Calyx absent
Petals absent
Unisexual

Inflorescence a spadix

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Greenish/Blackish
Berry

 

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