Calflora: Zantedeschia aethiopica

Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Sprengel

Common Calla, calla lily, callalily

Zantedeschia aethiopica, a monocot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Zantedeschia aethiopica on native ecosystems as limited (plant profile).

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Mar--Jun

Communities:	introduced plant which is becoming naturalized, wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Toxicity:	OXALATES, DERMATITIS [California Poison Control System 2010]
Elevation:	between 0 and 984 feet
Family:	ARACEAE

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:
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PLANTS:

Calla aethiopica

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 6 / 0 CCH Humboldt: 2 / 2 CCH Los Angeles: 31 / 1 CCH Mendocino: 21 / 2 CCH Monterey: 11 / 2 CCH Marin: 40 / 0 CCH Napa: 2 / 0 CCH Orange: 2 / 1 CCH Riverside: 1 / 1 CCH Santa Barbara: 5 / 3 CCH Santa Clara: 2 / 0 CCH Santa Cruz: 13 / 2 CCH San Diego: 5 / 4 CCH San Francisco: 69 / 0 CCH San Luis Obispo: 2 / 0 CCH San Mateo: 23 / 2 CCH Sonoma: 18 / 3 CCH Ventura: 3 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Zantedeschia aethiopica from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (ZAAE)

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database