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Colocasia fallax is a small, spreading tuberous perennial aroid with silver-marked leaves, reaching about 0.5 m, grown as a houseplant or in wet garden spots. It thrives in consistently moist soil and high humidity, so pond edges and water gardens suit it best.
Colocasia fallax, the silver leaf dwarf elephant ear or dwarf taro, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent, Tibet and Yunnan in China, and mainland Southeast Asia. A spreading perennial with attractive foliage reaching at most 1.5 ft (0.5 m), it has found use as a houseplant, and as garden plant in USDA zones 8 through 10. Preferring wet conditions and high humidity, it is best suited for pond edges, water gardens and similar applications. Its native habitats include dense forests, valley scrub, and moist stream banks.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Colocasia fallax by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
