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Araceae
Bog Arum
Calla palustris
Purity in difficult places.
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Calla
- Native to
- Northern Europe, Northern Asia, Northern North America
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- aquatic perennial
- Height
- 0.5-1 ft
- Sunlight
- part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Boggy, acidic, waterlogged
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 2-6
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Bog arum is the only species in the genus Calla and is the true calla, unlike the popular calla lilies (Zantedeschia).
- The bright red berries that follow the flowers are poisonous but provide food for certain waterfowl.
- The creeping rhizomes can form dense mats over the surface of ponds and bogs.
- Despite containing toxic calcium oxalate crystals, the rhizomes were traditionally processed into emergency flour.
- It is a circumpolar species found across the entire Northern Hemisphere's boreal and subarctic zones.
Color meanings
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innocence
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beauty in adversity