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Photographer: David Lee
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Family Araceae
Calla palustris L.
water-arum, wild calla
Calla: ancient name, meaning obscure
palustris: "of marshes"
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, emergent, semi-aquatic 5"-10" tall; roots fleshy rhizomes |
| Flower: | green to white, tiny, 6 stamens; inflorescence a 1"-2" spadix covered with flowers and beside a 2" white, open, flat, oval spathe; blooms June |
| Fruit: | round cluster of red berries |
| Leaf: | broadly oval with a pointed tip on a 2"-6" long stalk |
| Habitat: | bogs, shallows, cold water; in peaty, mucky soil |
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