A plant of the arum family, with heart-shaped leaves, a white spathe, and a green spadix. It grows in swamps and boggy ground in north temperate regions.
Calla palustris, family Araceae
Also called calla or water calla
Example sentencesExamples
- The skunk cabbage I am talking about is Lysichiton americanus, and is also called swamp lantern, and bog arum.
- It contains many triflorum rhododendrons as well as a boggy pool with royal ferns and bog arums.
- Where else can you get your picture taken with Juvan's houseleek and the endemic bog arum?
- Bog arum is a plant that you can put in the areas around your water garden.
- The Bog Arum can be grown in a bog garden or in water that will not cover more than 2 inches of the plant's crown.