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Peltandra virginica

Arrow Arum (Tuckahoe)

Peltandra virginica, Arrow arum, grows in still or slow moving waters of ponds, swamps, marshes, and banks of streams. The remarkable broad arrow headed leaves with wavy margins reach 2-4' tall in full sun to shade. Unassuming yet unique yellow flowers of Arrow arum  form a slender spadix inside a hooded spathe.  Deer & goose resistant.

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• Category

  • Native Wetland Perennials

• Characteristics

  • Exposure -Sun
  • Partial Shade
  • 2' - 4'
  • Clumping
  • Prolific Seeder
  • Spring
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • High Marsh - Saturated Soil
  • Low Marsh 0 - 6"
  • Shallow Water 6" - 12"
  • Green
  • Amphibians
  • Cover
  • Fish
  • Food
  • Waterfowl
  • Deer Resistant
  • Goose Resistant
  • OBL
  • Bog/Marsh
  • Flowering Perennial
  • Marginal
  • Bio Remediation
  • Bog
  • Container
  • Erosion Control
  • Fibrous Roots
  • Great Foliage
  • Mass Planting
  • Native
  • Naturalizing
  • Specimen
  • Storm Water Basin
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
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