Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
FAMILY
Araceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
It is superficially similar to Colocasia, differing in its non-peltate leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2023)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Xanthosma sagittifolium
COMMON NAME:
Arrowleaf Elephant-ear, Malanga
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
FAMILY
Araceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Xanthosma sagittifolium
4164
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical America
Rare
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves arise from the tip of central corm and have sheathing overlapping bases
Petioles to 5' long
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Spreads by slender rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer
Spadix's densely packed cream flowers surrounded by large greenish-white spathe
Inflorescence a spadix
FRUIT:
Fall
Yellow
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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