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Calla
Also called Marsh Callas
Calla (Calla palustris, also called bog arum or marsh calla) is a rhizomatous perennial that grows in bogs and pond margins in cool northern regions. It is a single-species genus and is grown mainly as a bog or pond-edge plant, not a typical houseplant.
Calla is a genus of flowering plant in the family Araceae, containing the single species Calla palustris (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, squaw claw, and water-arum). It is the only genus in the tribe Calleae of the subfamily Aroideae. Its systematic position has been described as "puzzling", and it has also been placed in its own family Callaceae and its own subfamily Calloideae.
It is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in central, eastern and northern Europe (France and Norway eastward, but not Britain), northern Asia and northern North America (Alaska, Canada, and northeastern contiguous United States).
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