Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong. Common name: Spoonflower, White Arrow-arum. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Pocosins of the outer Coastal Plain, sphagnous swamps. Peaty ecotones between bayheads and seepage slopes (Coleataenia abscissa/Magnolia virginiana bayhead ecotones in c. FL). Typically in wet, mucky, sphagnous, or otherwise deeply saturated soils often with some standing water. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: e. NC south to c. peninsular FL and west to se. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, GW1, K4, WH3; = Peltandra glauca (Elliott) Feay — S; = Peltandra sagittaefolia (Michx.) Morong — RAB, S13, orthographic variant; = Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott ssp. luteospadix (Fernald) W.H.Blackw. & K.P.Blackw. — Blackwell & Blackwell (1974), misapplied; >< Peltandra luteospadix Fernald — Fernald (1948), misapplied; Calla sagittifolia Michaux. Basionym: Calla sagittifolia Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Peltandra sagittifolia - FNA22
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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