| 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: | Bog |
| 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 petioles 15-30cm long; flowers tiny in spadix with whitish to greenish to yellow spathe; fruit a brown berry containing a few seeds within a clear gelatinous pulp. | |