Symplocarpus renifolius (Araceae)
Rhizome hypogeous, to 7cm in diam. Leaves in a rosette; petiole to 40 × ca. 1cm; leaf blade orbicular-cordate, 30–40cm long and wide or nearly so (to 33cm wide), mid-green, base cordate, apex acute; venation reticulate, midvein very strong, primary veins 5 on each side, ascending toward apex, lower-most ones running into basal lobes. Flowering before leaves appear; inflorescence usually solitary; peduncle green and purplish tinged, 7–13(–20) × ca. 1cm. Spathe plain purple to blackish purple, rarely green without any markings or with dark purple spots, boat-shaped, 8–20 × 5–12cm, strongly leathery, apex acuminate. Spadix ellipsoid, 2–2.5 × ca. 1.2cm. Flowers densely arranged. Flower 3–3.5mm in diam., tepals pinkish, thecae yellow.
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.
Wet places, forest swamps, moist mixed and coniferous forests, swampy meadows and lands.
The plant is poisonous but sometimes is used medicinally to treat swelling.
This material was reprinted with permission from the Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, and Science Press, Beijing.