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A bog plant/water marginal with attractive arrow-shaped foliage. Plants may be genetically variable in size/leaf shape. Usually looks sup...Read Moreerficially like an arrowhead (Sagittaria), but Peltandra is more shade tolerant and lacks showy flowers.

Flowers are ornamentally insignificant.

Native to the eastern half of North America. This can sometimes be an aggressive plant, though usually less aggressive than Sagittaria latifolia. Can be invasive outside its native range.

As with almost all aroids, all parts of this plant are toxic if ingested.

Peltandra virginica, as may be expected, grows wild here in northern Virginia, in marshlands and along canals & reservoirs. Usually seen ...Read Morein sites where it has a few inches of water over the crown. Emerges in May, collapses & withers in October. A big bold plant when mature, but does not appear to spread aggressively - would make a nice feature plant for a large wildlife garden pond.

The plant name, when translated, means: Peltandra: from pelte for "small shield" and aner for "stamen", referring to shape of stamen - v...Read Moreirginica: of Virginia.