Araceae
Bog arum
Calla palustris
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Calla
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Common names
By language (44)
- Arabic
- كالة, الكالة, كاله
- Armenian
- Փողաշուշան
- arz
- كاله
- Belarusian
- Капытнік
- Chinese
- 水芋, 水浮莲, 水葫芦, 金盏菊根
- Croatian
- Zmijinac
- csb
- Tëczk
- Czech
- Ďáblík bahenní
- Danish
- Kærmysse, Kær-mysse
- Dutch
- Slangenwortel
- English
- Bog arum, Water arum, Kala
- Esperanto
- Kalao
- Estonian
- Soovõhk
- Finnish
- Suovehka, Vehka
- French
- Arum d'Eau, Calla, Kala
- frr
- Draagrut
- German
- Drachenwurz, Sumpf-Schlangenwurz, Sumpfdrachenwurz
- Hebrew
- קלה
- hsb
- Kala
- Icelandic
- Fenjakólfur
- inh
- Белокрыльник
- Japanese
- ヒメカイウ
- Kazakh
- Аққанат шөп
- Korean
- 산부채
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinis žinginys
- Macedonian
- Кала
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrkongle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Myrkongle
- os
- Урсбазырæг
- Persian
- گل شیپوری وحشی
- Polish
- Czermień błotna
- Portuguese
- Calla
- Russian
- Белокрыльник болотный
- sah
- Маҥаас сэбирдэх
- Slovak
- Diablik močiarny
- Slovenian
- Močvirska kačunka, Kala, Škrnicelj
- Spanish
- Calla
- Swedish
- Missne
- Tatar
- Саз акканаты
- Turkish
- Su Arumu, Gala Çiçeği, Gelin Çiçeği, Kala Çiçeği
- Ukrainian
- Образки болотяні
- vep
- Sigankorv
- Vietnamese
- Calla
- Welsh
- Pidyn-y-gog y gors
Synonyms
- Calla brevis (Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Calla cordifolia Stokes
- Calla generalis E.H.L.Krause
- Calla ovatofolia Gilib.
- Calla palustris f. aroiformis Asch. & Graebn.
- Calla palustris f. gracilis Asch. & Graebn.
- Calla palustris f. longicaulis Svanlund
- Calla palustris f. minor Behm
- Calla palustris f. palustris
- Calla palustris f. polyspathacea Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Callaion bispatha (Raf.) Raf.
- Callaion brevis (Raf.) Raf.
- Callaion heterophylla (Raf.) Raf.
- Callaion palustris (L.) Raf.
- Dracunculus paludosus Friche-Joset & Montandon
- Dracunculus paludosus Montandon
- Provenzalia bispatha Raf.
- Provenzalia brevis Raf.
- Provenzalia heterophyla Raf.
- Provenzalia palustris (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 1,438 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brighton Lee, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: oksanaetal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: JS, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexander Wieser, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Florian Grossir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bartosz Czołczyński, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.