Golden Club
Orontium aquaticum
An unusual native arum for pond edges and shallow water: in spring it sends up slim white stalks tipped with a bright gold club of tiny flowers, above velvety blue-green leaves that shed water like wax. Slow and clump-forming, content in acidic, sandy muck.
- Family
- Araceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, CT, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV