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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Araceae
Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott
arrow-arum, green arrow-arum, tuckahoe
Peltandra: from pelte for "small shield" and aner for "stamen," referring to shape of stamen
virginica: of Virginia
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| Status: | Introduced - locally established |
| Plant: | erect, perennial aquatic |
| Flower: | white to orange, tiny, 4 -5 stamens; inflorescence a slender spadix with a 4"-8" elongated, green spathe which only partially covers the spadix |
| Fruit: | cluster of brown berries |
| Leaf: | long-stalked, basal, pinnately-veined, arrow-shaped |
| Habitat: | swamps, shallows |
| (Glossary) |
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