Index / Search / Peltandra virginica
§1 Plant
Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott
vernacular green arrow arum — species · Araceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Araceae Juss.
- Genus
- Peltandra
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 511 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.8
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 2.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 511 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Chambers 01017
- Chilton 01021
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bibb 13021
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Elbert 13105
- Gordon 13129
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Madison 13195
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Spalding 13255
- Terrell 13273
- Thomas 13275
- Troup 13285
- Walker 13295
- Ware 13299
Illinois view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Jackson 18071
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Whitley 18183
Kentucky view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- Jackson 22049
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Crockett 47033
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Polk 47139
- Robertson 47147
- Shelby 47157
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEVI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5330182 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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