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Arrow Arum (Tuckahoe)
Peltandra virginica

• Family: Arum (Araceae)
• Habitat: marshes; in shallow water or mud on the shores of ponds and slow-moving streams
• Height: 1-2 feet
• Flower size: actual flowers are tiny (located on the slender spathe inside the hooded spadix); whole flowering structure is 4-7 inches high
• Flower color: green
• Flowering time: May to July
• Origin: native

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Last updated November 13, 2005. © 2005 Connecticut Botanical Society. All rights reserved.