Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Howell, Nathan, Krings, Alexander & Braham, Richard R, 2016, Guide to the littoral zone vascular flora of Carolina bay lakes (U. S. A.), Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 7964-7964 : 7964

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott

Colocasia esculenta Basionym: Arum esculentum L.

Colocasia esculenta Taxon concept: [= GW, FNA, Weakley]

Distribution

Lake Waccamaw (Infrequent): Howell LAWA−93 (NCSC!)

Notes

Perennial herbs. Eulittoral zone (NLSS−LW, NLSM−LWP). "Generally infertile in our area" ( Weakley 2012). This species is exotic and has become naturalized in roadside ditches, canals, and portions of the lakes shoreline. It spreads by way of rhizome dispersal, which is almost cartainly caused by residential homeowners digging up rhizomes from their flower beds and either tossing them into the lake or into the canals that surround the lake. Fig. 33