Symplocarpus nipponicus (Araceae)
General description:
Rhizome hypogeous, thinner. Leaves in a rosette; petiole to 20cm; leaf blade green, rarely variegated, ovate to narrowly ovate-oblong, 10–20 × 7–12cm, base obtuse to cordate-subcordate, apex acute; venation reticulate, midvein strong, primary lateral veins 6 or 7 on each side. Flowering with leaf appearance; peduncle purple, long. Spathe plain purple or mottled dark purple, broadly elliptic and boat-shaped, leathery. Spadix ellipsoid, stipitate. Flowers densely arranged.
General Description Reference:
Hen(g) Li, Guang Hua Zhu, Peter Charles Boyce, Jin Murata, Wilbert L.A. Hetterscheid, Josef Bogner, Niels Henning Gunther Jacobsen, 2010. Araceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
Habitat Reference:
Hen(g) Li, Guang Hua Zhu, Peter Charles Boyce, Jin Murata, Wilbert L.A. Hetterscheid, Josef Bogner, Niels Henning Gunther Jacobsen, 2010. Araceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.
Habitat:
Wet places.