Zantedeschia pentlandii
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- zan-teh-DES-kee-ah pent-LAN-dee-eye
- This plant has high severity poison characteristics.
- See below
- Description
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Deciduous herbaceous perennial with beautiful yellow flowers. These often grow in dense colonies among rocks. Needs full sun to flower. Leaves are green, often with white dots.
The diminutive size is set off by the beautiful yellow color of the spathes, often with purple blotches at base of spathe. Works well planted in a water garden, along a border, or in a container outdoors or as a houseplant.
- See this plant in the following landscape :
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Captain Odeon'
Red flowers - 'Le Chique'
Hot pink flowers
- 'Captain Odeon'
- 'Captain Odeon', 'Le Chique'
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Captain Odeon'
Red flowers - 'Le Chique'
Hot pink flowers
- 'Captain Odeon'
- 'Captain Odeon', 'Le Chique'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Zantedeschia
- Species:
- pentlandii
- Family:
- Araceae
- Life Cycle:
- Bulb
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Division
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- South Africa, Mpumalanga
- Distribution:
- Mapoch region of Mpumalanga
- Play Value:
- Colorful
- Dimensions:
- Height: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Bulb
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Houseplant
- Poisonous
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Erect
- Mounding
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Low
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- High Organic Matter
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12 inches-3 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Green
- Fruit Description:
- Fruit green, few in number, with up to 20 seeds.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Spadix
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Good Cut
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Winter
- Flower Shape:
- Funnel
- Flower Petals:
- Bracts
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Diminutive size, beautiful yellow color with purple blotch at base of spathe.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Variegated
- Leaf Feel:
- Smooth
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Lanceolate
- Oblong
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- > 6 inches
- Leaf Width:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves deciduous, up to 30" long, usually shorter than the peduncles, petiolate, petioles up to 15" long, clasping at the base; blade yellowish grass-green, usually immaculate (seldom maculate) oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, hastate, obtuse to acute, abruptly apiculate, up to 17" long and 8" wide. Z. pentlandii has immaculate (or very rarely spotted) oblong-lanceolate leaves, slightly constricted above the short, hastate, rounded lobes; the apex is obtuse (or sometimes acute) with a subulate, seldom recurving tip.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Form:
- Straight
- Stem Surface:
- Smooth (glabrous)
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Houseplants
- Pond
- Small Space
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- Rain Garden
- Rock Garden
- Water Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Specimen
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Rabbits
- Problems:
- Poisonous to Humans
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Poisonous to Humans:
- Poison Severity:
- High
- Poison Symptoms:
- Severe burning sensation and swelling of lips, tongue, and throat; stomach pain and diarrhea possible
- Poison Toxic Principle:
- Calcium oxalate crystals and possibly others.
- Causes Contact Dermatitis:
- No
- Poison Part:
- Flowers
- Leaves
- Roots
- Sap/Juice
- Stems
