What is Pellandra?

Pellandra is a genus of flowering plants from North America in the Araceae family, known for their pointed inflorescence, which means that all flowers grow from one main axis. This is called spadix and is usually contained in a covers sheet called Spathe. The genus includes three prominent species: Peellandra sagittifolia , Pellandra Virginica and Peellandra Primaeva .

The root system on plants is rhizomatous or tuber, it spreads horizontally under the plant. Spathe closed inflorescences can be clearly colored and contain small fruit. In summary, as members of the Araceae family, these plants can generally be referred to as contractual terms as arid. Within the Araceae family, Pellandra is one of the Aroideae solands and shares its defining feature of barbed pollen, which lacks the outer hard wall of the spore and layer of grain pollen.

One species of the plant in the genus is pellandra virginica , a plant living from the liquor that flows from the end of spring to mid -summer. Is originally fromNortheast and southeast of the United States and Canada and grows about 2 feet (0.6 m) high. In the swamp area it favors shallow streams and muddy coastal areas. It has a slim splath in its spadix, typical of the plant's plants. The general name of this species is ARUM arrow and produces green flowers.

Another kind of genus is Peellandra sagittifolia or white arrow Arum. This species is also sometimes known as Peellandra album . It is located in the swamp, originally from the eastern part of the US, such as Peellandra Virginica , the leaves are shaped as arrows, but flowers on Peellandra sagittifolia are white instead of green. As a water plant with a tuber root system is Peellandra sagittifolia ethimes used in gardening to stabilize damp and unstable mud slopes.

Pellandra Primaeva , the next species is assumed to have been extinct from eocenE epochs, 34 million years ago. The fossil residues of the plant were found in northern Dakota and are expected to come from North America as the rest of the family. The fossil was placed in Pellandra due to the structuring of a vein that is unique to the plants of this family.

These plants bloom generally in the summer months and need a full sun to be successful. As swamp plants, they prefer to grow in standing or running water, with sand or clay soil. The root system on plants allows sufficiently strong holding for growth in slowly moving currents. The leaves of plants are coarse and often contain small berries.