Family: Araceae
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Citation:
Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 3:765 (1826).
Synonymy: -Calla aethiopica L., Sp. Pl. 968 (1753); Richardia africana Kunth, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 4:433 (1818).
Common name: Arum lily, white arum lily.
Description:
Erect glabrous perennial, with a thick rhizomatous rootstock; leaves large, petiolate, radical, dark-green, ovate-cordate, pointed, the lamina often to 50 cm long.
Spathe large, white, funnel-shaped, slit to the base, spreading in the upper part, pointed and recurved at the summit; spadix bright-yellow, on a stout radical pealuncle; stamens covering the upper part, the numerous female flowers clustered round the much shorter lower part of the spadix and surrounded by barren stamens.
Fruit a berry, 1-5-celled.
Distribution:
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Introduced as a garden ornamental but becoming established especially in damp situations.
S.Aust.: EP, MU, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.; Vic . Native to South Africa.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: throughout the year especially spring and early summer.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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