NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Orontium aquaticum

Scientific Name:	Orontium aquaticum
Genus:	Orontium
Species Epithet:	aquaticum
Common Name:	Golden-club, Bog Torch, Bog Torches, Never-wet
Plant Type	Herb/Wildflower
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Araceae (Arum Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	0-1 ft., 1-3 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	White, Yellow
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Wet, Aquatic
Bloom Time:	March, April
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Generally in peaty and stagnant water (acidic to calcareous), such as beaver ponds, blackwater streams, swamps, pools in low pocosins, streambeds in the Piedmont, bogs and swamps in the mountains, tidal freshwater marshes. In NC, common in the Sandhills and much of the remainder of the southern and southwestern Coastal Plain. Fairly common, at least locally, in the southeastern Piedmont. It is uncommon and local over the remainder of the Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and mountains.
Leaf Arrangement:	Basal
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Not Assigned
Landscape Value:	Recommended and Available
State Rank:	S4: Apparently secure, S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
State Status:	W6: Watch List: Regionally Rare ^(*Key)
Flowering spadix Wake County, NC, March 2002 by Hugh Partridge
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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