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Araceae The Arum Family

Araceae The Arum Family. Characteristics. 110 genera and 1800 species Herbs; monocots Usually have calcium oxalate crystals Leaves are alternate, simple or compound, can be large, and usually have a sheathing base http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/Gardeners/f0239.jpg.

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Araceae The Arum Family

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  1. Araceae The Arum Family

  2. Characteristics • 110 genera and 1800 species • Herbs; monocots • Usually have calcium oxalate crystals • Leaves are alternate, simple or compound, can be large, and usually have a sheathing base http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/Gardeners/f0239.jpg

  3. Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaematriphyllum • Herbaceous perennial • 1 to 2 leaves each divided into 3 leaflets • Flowers are small, inconspicuous, and in an erect spadix surrounded by a green to purple spathe • Fruit are berries • Found in moist woods

  4. Wild callaCalla palustris • Semi-aquatic perennial 5-10 in. tall, found in bogs • Flowers are tiny, and green to white with 6 stamens • Inflorescence is a 1-2 in. spadix beside a 2 in. white, open, flat, oval spathe • Fruit is a cluster of red berries • Leaves are broadly oval with pointed tip and on a 2-6 in. long stalk

  5. Skunk cabbageSymplocarpusfoetidus • Perennial, up to 3 ft. tall forb with a skunk odor when crushed (foetidus means evil-smelling) • Blooms March-May • Flowers are green and tiny with 4 stamens • Inflorescence are roundish, 3-6 in., green to purple spadix inside a pointed, hood-like, purple spathe • Fruit is a cluster of brown-black berries • Leaves are round, simple, basal, don’t appear until after flowering

  6. Sources • "Family Araceae." Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium. University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, Web. 28 Feb 2010. <http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?Spcode=SYMFOE>. • "Family Araceae: Calla palustris." Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium. University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, Web. 28 Feb 2010. <http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=CALPAL1>. • "Poisionous Plants: Arisaematriphyllum." 1997. North Carolina State University, Web. 28 Feb 2010. <http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Arisatr.htm>. • Pictures were taken from the above sources

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