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[Monotypic genus of flowering plant] [date=July 2025] [Other uses]
{{Speciesbox | image = Calla_palustris2.jpg | image2 = Illustration Calla
palustris0.jpg | image2_caption = _Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der
Schweiz 1885_ | status = G5 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = [1] | status2
= LC | status2_system = IUCN3.1 | status2_ref = <ref
name=IUCN>[author=Lansdown, R.V. ] | display_parents = 3 |
grandparent_authority = Bartl. | genus = Calla | parent_authority = L. |
species = palustris | authority = L. | synonyms_ref = <ref name=WCSP/> |
synonyms = {{genus list |hidden=yes |header=Genus
|Callaria |Raf.
|Aroides |Heist. ex Fabr.
|Provenzalia |Adans.
|Callaion |Raf.
}} {{species list |hidden=yes |header=Species
|Callaion palustris |(L.) Raf.
|Provenzalia palustris |(L.) Raf.
|Calla ovatifolia |Gilib.
|Calla cordifolia |Stokes
|Callaion bispatha |(Raf.) Raf.
|Callaion brevis |(Raf.) Raf.
|Callaion heterophylla |(Raf.) Raf.
|Provenzalia bispatha |Raf.
|Provenzalia brevis |Raf.
|Provenzalia heterophyla |Raf.
|Dracunculus paludosus |Montandon
|Calla generalis |E.H.L.Krause
|Calla brevis |(Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
}} }}
_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<ref name=ROM>Dickinson, T.; Metsger, D.; Bull, J.; &
Dickinson, R. (2004) ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario.
Toronto:Royal Ontario Museum, p. 62.). It is the only genus in the tribe
CALLEAE.
** Description
It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant growing in bogs and ponds. The
leaves are rounded to heart-shaped, [6] long on a [10] petiole, and [4] broad.
The greenish-yellow inflorescence is produced on a spadix about [4] long,
enclosed in a white spathe. The fruit is a cluster of red berries, each berry
containing several seeds.[2][3]
The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content,
but the rhizome (like that of _Caladium_, _Colocasia_, and _Arum_) is edible
after drying, grinding, leaching and boiling.[4][5][6]
** Taxonomy
The genus formerly also included a number of other species, which have now
been transferred to the separate genus _Zantedeschia_. These plants from
tropical Africa, however, are still often termed "calla lilies" but should not
be confused with _C. palustris_.[7]
** Distribution
It is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in central,
eastern and northern Europe (France and Norway eastward, but not Britain),
northern Asia and northern North America (Alaska, Canada, and northeastern
contiguous United States).<ref name=WCSP>[30599][8][9][10]
** References
[Reflist]
** Further reading
[ref begin]
- [ author-link=Neltje Blanchan ]
[ref end]
** External links
- [genus=Calla ]
- Missouri Gardening, plant finder, Gardening Help (see http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=f267)
- North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension (see http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/calla-palustris/)
- Connecticut Botanical Society, Wild Calla (Water Arum) (see http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/callapalu.html) [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531210733/http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/callapalu.html ]
- [Calla palustris (Wild Calla) ]
- University Botanic Gardens at Ljubljana (see http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/component/plants/calla-palustris)
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Category:Aroideae Category:Monotypic Araceae genera Category:Flora of Northern
America Category:Flora of temperate Asia Category:Flora of Europe
Category:Garden plants Category:House plants