Calla 2881815 218256430 2008-06-09T21:09:30Z Rickjpelleg 172198 /* Categories */ Added Monotypic plant genera {{Otheruses}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Calla palustris'' | image = Calla_palustris2.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Alismatales]] | familia = [[Araceae]] | genus = '''''Calla''''' | species = '''''C. palustris''''' | binomial = ''Calla palustris'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''''Calla''''' ('''Bog Arum''', '''Marsh Calla''') is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Araceae]], containing the single species '''''Calla palustris'''''. It is native to cool temperate regions of the [[Northern Hemisphere]], in central, eastern and northern [[Europe]] ([[France]] and [[Norway]] eastward), northern [[Asia]] and northern [[North America]] ([[Alaska]], [[Canada]], northeastern contiguous [[United States]]). [[Image:Illustration Calla palustris0.jpg|thumb|left|<center>'''Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885'''</center>]] It is a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing in [[bog]]s and [[pond]]s. The [[leaf|leaves]] are rounded to heart-shaped, 6–12 cm long on a 10–20 cm petiole, and 4–12 cm broad. The greenish-yellow [[inflorescence]] is produced on a [[spadix]] about 4–6 cm long, enclosed in a white [[spathe]]. The [[fruit]] is a cluster of red [[berry|berries]], each berry containing several [[seed]]s. The plant is very [[poison]]ous when fresh due to its high [[oxalic acid]] content, but the rhizome, like that of [[Caladium]], [[Colocasia]] and [[Arum]], is edible after drying, grinding, leaching and boiling.<ref>A Dictionary of Flowering Plants and Ferns - JC Willis</ref> The genus formerly also included a number of other species, which have now been transferred to the separate genus ''[[Zantedeschia]]''. These plants, from tropical [[Africa]], are however still often termed "calla lilies", but should not be confused with ''C. palustris''. ==References== * {{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=[[Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors]] | year=[[2002]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}} {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Calla+palustris Plants for a Future: ''Calla palustris''] <!-- If this is the source, merge with above. --> {{Commons|Calla palustris}} [[Category:Araceae]] [[Category:Flora of Canada]] [[Category:Monotypic plant genera]] {{Araceae-stub}} [[cs:Ďáblík bahenní]] [[de:Drachenwurz]] [[et:Soovõhk]] [[es:Calla]] [[eo:Kalao]] [[fr:Calla des marais]] [[lt:Pelkinis žinginys]] [[nl:Slangenwortel]] [[pl:Czermień błotna]] [[pt:Calla]] [[sl:Močvirska kačunka]] [[fi:Vehka]] [[sv:Missne]] [[uk:Білокрильник болотяний]]