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Araceae
Peltandra

not marked as a favorite taxon 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. North Carolina south to c. peninsular Florida and west to se. Louisiana.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, GW1, K1, K4, NS, POWO, 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. 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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image #1 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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image #12 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Bruce Sorrie
image #16 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matt Berger source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #18 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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image #20 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Laura Mae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Laura Mae source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #21 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #23 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Nate Hartley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Hartley source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #24 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #25 of Peltandra sagittifolia© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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native range: southeastern United States