Peltandra sagittifolia

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ARACEAE
Species:Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
Common Name:White Arrow Arum; Spoon Flower; White Arum
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Spoon Flower is a native herbaceous perennial in the Arum family (Araceae). It can be found in the southern third of Alabama. Spoon Flower occurs along seepage streams and in acidic swamps. It is a perennial from a short rhizome. The leaves are petiolate, clumped, lanceolate to ovate in outline, with hastate to sagittate bases. The petiole is pink with green spots towards the base and green with purplish spots towards the blade. The leaves are light green in color and glabrous, with all of the lateral veins more or less of the same thickness. The inflorescence is a cylindrical yellow spadix enclosed by a white spathe. The inflorescence has pistillate flowers towards the base and staminate flowers towards the apex. They are separated by sterile flowers. The fruit are bright red and contain a single seed surrounded by mucilaginous tissue. Spoon Flower is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. It requires an organic-rich acidic soil and constant moisture. It can be grown in a shallow water garden or in a pot sitting in a pan kept full of water. All parts of the plant are toxic if eaten due to a high concentration of oxalic acid. Spoon Flower is listed as an S2 species in Alabama (typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state) and globally as a G3/G4 species (imperiled globally because of rarity or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors).—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI), S2 (State Rank), G3G4 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyARACEAE - Arum family
Genus Peltandra
Species Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong - White Arrow Arum; Spoon Flower; White Arum

Citation

Citation Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5(7): 102. 1894.
Basionym: Calla sagittifolia Michx. 1803.
Type: USA: FLORIDA/GEORGIA: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Arum sagittifolium Arum sagittifolium (Michaux) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 399. 1814, non Linnaeus 1753.Calla sagittifolia Michaux 1803. 
Caladium glaucum Caladium glaucum Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 631. 1824.Calla sagittifolia Michaux 1803. 
Calla sagittifolia Calla sagittifolia Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 187. 1803. FLORIDA/GEORGIA: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).
Peltandra alba Peltandra alba Rafinesque, New Fl. 1:88. 1836, nom. illegit.Calla sagittifolia Michaux 1803. 
Peltandra glauca Peltandra glauca (Elliott) Feay ex A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot, ed. 1861. 669. 1861, nom. illegit.Caladium glaucum Elliott 1824; Calla sagittifolia Michaux 1803. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Cleburne, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1992 - 1994

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00026176 Mobile _ Aug 1878 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
TROY000009926 Baldwin 26 May 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2066		 TROY
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
UWAL0034812 Baldwin 03 Aug 1996 Kral, Robert
86378		 UWAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
UNA00023541 Escambia 16 Aug 1994 Haynes, Robert R.
9461		 UNA
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
TROY000009927 Escambia 08 Jul 1980 Jones, Samuel B., Jr.
s.n.		 TROY
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
UWAL0003488 Escambia 13 Jul 1981 McGinty, Douglas T.
s.n.		 UWAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
AUA000033834 Baldwin 29 Sep 1981 HENDERSON, T.
650		 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
ALNHS00006650 Baldwin 24 Jul 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4760		 ALNHS
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
UWAL0001864 Covington 19 Jun 2010 Davenport, L.J.
4368		 UWAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
AUA000039202 Baldwin 24 Aug 1926 WOLF, WOLFGANG
2535		 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
UNA00026177 Baldwin _ May _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
USAM000001504 Baldwin 18 May 1968 Martin, Ben
19		 USAM
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
ALNHS00001103 Baldwin 17 May 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#472		 ALNHS
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
AUA000033839 Cleburne 15 Jun 1957 ADAMS, W.H.
 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
UNA00066398 Escambia 08 Jul 1980 Pendergrass, Levester
48		 UNA
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
ALNHS00008996 Mobile 17 Jun 1992 Oberholster, Chris
CO#447		 ALNHS
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
USAM000001506 Mobile 28 May 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
6515		 USAM
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
UWAL0047435 Baldwin 16 Jun 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10730		 UWAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
AMAL00011600 Escambia 13 Jul 1981 McGinity, Douglas T.
 AMAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
UWAL0044428 Baldwin 16 May 1995 Finch, Bill
32		 UWAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
AUA000039201 Baldwin 24 Aug 1926 WOLF, WOLFGANG
2536		 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
AUA000033837 Baldwin 14 May 1955 MOORE, WILLIAM H.
 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
AUA000033842 Mobile 29 May 1996 SCHOTZ, ALFRED
1385		 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
UNA00026219 Baldwin 22 Jun 1992 Haynes, Robert R.
9403		 UNA
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
TROY000047133 Baldwin 18 May 1968 Martin, Ben
19		 TROY
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
UWAL0044223 Baldwin 03 Jun 1993 Walker, M.M.
58		 UWAL
Pelandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
AMAL00019953 Mobile 25 May 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2220		 AMAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
AUA000033841 Dale 7 Jul 1991 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
7549		 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
SAMF0000206 Covington 19 Jun 2010 Davenport, L.J.
4368		 SAMF
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
JSU110294 Baldwin 16 May 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
AUA000033840 Covington 19 May 2009 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
4026		 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
USAM000001505 Mobile 21 May 1969 McIntosh, Joe
s.n.		 USAM
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
UNA00026178 Mobile 15 Jun _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
AUA000033836 Baldwin 16 May 1964 WIGGINS, R.A.
 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
AUA000033838 Baldwin 29 May 1964 STRITIKUS, G.R.
 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
USAM000001507 Mobile 21 May 1969 Smith, Alan
s.n.		 USAM
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
TROY000033084 Covington 19 May 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4026		 TROY
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michaux) Morong
AMAL00000061 Baldwin 26 May 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2066		 AMAL
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
AUA000027090 Baldwin 19 Jun 2008 BARGER, T.WAYNE
PERD-403		 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
AUA000033833 Baldwin 16 Apr 1964 CREEL, JOHN
 AUA
PELTANDRA SAGITTIFOLIA (MICHX.) MORONG
UNA00058200 Baldwin 26 May 2002 Keener, Brian R.
2066		 UNA
Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong
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