Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Araceae/Aracées - Arum Family
Calla palustris L.
En: wild calla, water arum
Fr: calla des marais
IA: ussiteshu, utshishteshu
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Circumboreal; w/nw/cNfld., N to cLab.

[=Calla brevis (Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve]
[=Calla cordifolia Stokes]
[=Calla generalis E.H.L.Krause]
[=Calla ovatifolia Gilib., nom. inval.]
[=Calla palustris L. forma aroiformis Asch. & Graebn.]
[=Calla palustris L. forma gracilis Asch. & Graebn.]
[=Calla palustris L. forma palustris]
[=Calla palustris L. forma polyspathacea Vict. & J.Rousseau]
[=Callaion bispatha (Raf.) Raf.]
[=Callaion brevis (Raf.) Raf.]
[=Callaion heterophylla (Raf.) Raf.]
[=Callaion palustris (L.) Raf.]
[=Dracunculus palusosus Montandon]
[=Provenzalia bispatha Raf.]
[=Provenzalia brevis Raf.]
[=Provenzalia heterophylla Raf.]
[=Provenzalia palustris (L.) Raf.]

[Calla palustris is known from lacustrine marshes and bog pools west of Grand Falls, cNfld. (Bouchard et al., 1991); two new sites have been located recently on the Great Northern Peninsula, nwNfld. In Labrador, Calla palustris is reported from similar habitats in the Goose Bay and Lake Melville area, cLab., as well near Mary’s Harbour, sLab.]

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