Freshwater
Bog arum
Calla palustris
Araceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, and 15 more countries.
Introduced to Ireland and United Kingdom.
More about the species
Description
Calla is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species Calla palustris (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, squaw claw, and water-arum). It is the only genus in the tribe Calleae of the subfamily Aroideae. Its systematic position has been described as "puzzling", and it has also been placed in its own family Callaceae and its own subfamily Calloideae.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Calla brevis
- Calla cordifolia
- Calla generalis
- Callaion bispatha
- Callaion brevis
- Callaion heterophylla
In other languages
- Myrkongle
- Missne
- Kærmysse
- Suovehka
- Water arum
Articles
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