Alaska Wildflowers.us - Calla palustris L.

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Calla palustris L.
16 photos.
This is the "wild Calla", "water arum" or "water dragon". The species is found growing in shallow
water on the margins of thaw lakes and in drainage ditches.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 42546


1. June 1, 2007 Early photo taken just after the leaves emerge.	2. June 16, 2007. A group of plants in bloom.	3. June 16, 2007. Close-up of a bloom amid leaves.
4. June 16, 2007. Fully in bloom, the central spike of flowers (spadix) is partially surrounded by a white bract (spathe).	5. Closeup of bloom at left.	6. June 24, 2007. The stamens on the individual blossoms of the spadix have withered and the spathe is beginning to discolor with age.
7. July 7, 2007. The berry-like seed pods are turning red.	8. June 1, 2007. Entire plant dominated by the thick creeping rhizome.	9. June 1, 2007. Close-up view of the upper part of the plant in photo 8
10. June 1, 2007. Close-up view of the lower part of the plant in photo 8	11. June 1, 2007. Close-up showing the rooting at one of the nodes of the rhizome in photo 8	12. May 28, 2009. Several plants arising from the waters of a roadside pond.
13. May 28, 2009. Upper part of a plant.	14. June 4, 2009. Plants at various early stages of growth. Note that the large Rhizome at the right has not yet elongated.	15. June 11, 2009. Close-up of bloom with leaves.
16. June 11, 2009. Bloom in photo 15 with coin.	Photos 1-6 and 8-11taken at a roadside pond at 133.5 mile Steese Highway. 65° 35.764' N, 144° 37.268' W 987 ft. Photo 7 taken adjacent to a thaw lake south of 134 mile Steese Highway 65° 35.69' N, 144° 36.74' W Elev. 900 ft.