Peltandra sagittifolia (Michx.) Morong

Leaves: petiole pink with green spots basally to green mottled with dark green to purple-green spots apically, 31--59 cm; blade light green, glaucous, 8--31 ´ (2.6--)4--11 cm, smaller on average and less variable in shape than in Peltandra virginica; lateral veins all ± same thickness. Inflorescences 5--12 cm; peduncle 30--58 cm; spathe tube light green inside and out, closed, 1.3--3.4 ´ 0.6--1.7 cm; spathe blade white, widely open, 3.8--9.4 ´ 1.9--4 cm, margins not undulate; spadix nearly cylindric, ±about 1/2 as long as spathe. Flowers: pistillate flowers pale green, ovaries 1-locular; ovules 1; staminate portion of spadix yellow; sterile flowers between pistillate and staminate flowers and also frequently a few at apex. Infructescences enclosed by spathe tube, pulling opening as fruits mature. Fruits red, 8.6--12.6 ´ 5.4--7 mm. Seeds 1, mucilage present, 7--10 mm. Chromosome number unknown not available.

Non-alluvial swamps, especially on acid soils, and in shallow water at the edges of ponds.

Caution: Like all plants in this family it needs special processing to remove the oxalates. The corms are dried and roasted and made into flour. The cooked, dried fruit are eaten as a vegetable.

Plants can be grown from seed sown into waterlogged soil.