Scientific Name: Peltandra virginica
Common Name: arrow arum
Family Name: Araceae
Origin: Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Aquatic plant
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Wetland - bogs
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Oblong, Ovate
Flowers: Spadix (& spathe), White, Green, Jun
Fruit: Berry (true), Brown, Jul
Key ID Features:
Leaf blades mostly 15-30cm long x 8-20cm wide, and arrow-head shaped, arising from submerged rhizome on petioles15-30cm long; florets tiny in spadix with whitish to greenish to yellow spathe; fruit a brown berry containing a few seeds within a clear gelatinous pulp.