General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: 3 to 4 feet (.9-1.2m)
Plant Spread: to 16 inches (40cm)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Leaf usually solitary, divided into leaflets, with a swelling (knee) near the center of the petiole.
Flowers: Showy
Other: Multiple inflorescences common
Bloom Size: 6"-12"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Remove seed from berry which contains chemicals that inhibit germination.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
Division
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Giraffe's Knees
  • Sand Forest Arum
  • Coro
  • Laimbua
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Gonatopus boivinii
  • Synonym: Gonatopus boivinii var. lanceolatus

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2014-08-31
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Uploaded by drdawg
Location: Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg

eMonocot Team Gonatopus CATE Araceae http://araceae.e-monocot.org
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-08-17

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