Accession Data:
Zantedeschia aethiopica Spreng.
- Common Name: Calla Lily, Lily of the Nile
- Family: Araceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: South Africa. Locally naturalized in southern and western Europe
- Habitat: Wet marshy places
- Description: Robust marsh-loving herb with thick rhizome; forming a tuft of fleshy-stalked, glossy-green leaves 60-90 cm high, on succulent petioles; a stout basal stalk 1-1.5 m high bearing the large, funnel-shaped rolling flaring waxy-white spathe 20-25 cm long, surrounding a bright yellow spadix. To the visitor of the moister parts of the South African Cape it is a common sight to see whole fields of these beautiful callas in bloom during summertime. They are also found to 2300m in Kenya.
- USDA Zone: 8-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500186
- Source: T&M
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1117 - AFR:South Tanks E
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-08-2024
- Restrictions:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Alismatales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Araceae
- SubFamily: Aroideae
- Tribe: Zantedeschieae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Free State / Swaziland / Northern Provinces /
References (external):
- Plants For A Future Website Exotica by AB Graf
- Zantedeschia aethiopica at Cal's Plant of the Week. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
data regenerated on Sat, 16 Nov 2024 10:27:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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