Green Arrow Arum

Peltandra virginica

The Green Arrow Arum is a cool plant that grows in wet places like swamps. It has big green leaves and a unique flower that looks like a green arrow!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Green Arrow Arum has striking, large, dark green leaves shaped like an arrowhead, rising from shallow water. Its unique flower features a slender, greenish-yellow finger-like spadix, partially enclosed by a boat-shaped, pale green spathe.

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Green Arrow Arum

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Even after its leaves die back, its roots keep growing under the water!

Its flower smells a bit like rotting meat to attract hungry flies!

Its fruit ripens into a cluster of bright green, buoyant berries!

The unique arrowhead leaves can grow up to two feet long!

Habilidades especiales

Green Arrow Arum has tiny, sharp crystals in its cells that make it taste bad, helping it defend against hungry animals.

Green Arrow Arum can release its seeds which float like little rafts, allowing them to travel and sprout in new wet spots.

Green Arrow Arum has special roots that can live completely submerged in water year-round, even through winter.

The Green Arrow Arum's flower can generate its own heat to attract tiny insects, making it easier to get pollinated!

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 30-100 cm
Extensión: 30-60 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 15-25 cm
Temporada de floración: Late spring to mid-summer
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Alta
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Mallard Duck

Anas platyrhynchos

its nutritious green seeds

eats

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

its starchy rhizomes in winter

shelters

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

among its large, shady leaves

pollinates

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

attracted by its unique flower scent

Rasgos

Ornamental

Las plantas ornamentales se cultivan principalmente por su atractivo estético, embelleciendo paisajes y jardines con su atractivo follaje, flores o forma.

Tolerante a la sombra

Las plantas tolerantes a la sombra están adaptadas para crecer y prosperar en áreas con bajos niveles de luz, requiriendo menos luz solar directa.

Árbol de hoja ancha

Los árboles de hoja ancha son angiospermas caracterizadas por hojas planas y anchas que típicamente se caen anualmente en climas templados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.