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Highveld Golden Arum

Zantedeschia jucunda

Highveld Golden Arum
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0

Highveld golden arum is a small tuberous perennial from the arum family, known from a single mountain summit in Limpopo, South Africa. It needs bright light, a dry rest period and well-drained soil, and it is rarely grown, mainly because wild populations are threatened.

Family
Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while growing and keep nearly dry during the summer dormancy.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty, sandy or mineral-rich mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Northern Prov. (Leolo Mts.)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Zantedeschia jucunda, the Highveld golden arum, is a perennial, flowering plant and geophyte that is part of the Araceae family. The species is endemic to Limpopo and occurs on the summit of the Leoloberge. The plant has an area of occurrence of less than 380 km2. The plant is threatened by illegal collection by humans as well as mining and human activities.

Other Zantedeschia plants

Calla lily · Spotted calla lily · Golden Arum Lily · Scented arum · Sekhukhune Gold Arum · Pink Arum · Drakensberg Arum · Calla lily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zantedeschia jucunda 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.

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