Species name :

Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Sprengel
Published in Syst. Veg. 3: 765 (1826)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

No Main Synonyms

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Plant Family :

Araceae Juss. (The Arum Family)
8 species from the Araceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Arum Lily, Calla Lily, Ethiopian Lords-and-Ladies

Maltese name(s) :

Buqar

Status for Malta :

Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly.

Frequency :

Very Common     Common     Frequent     Scarce     Rare     Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE (bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc.)
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

Mar-Aug

Colour of Flowers:

White

Habitat in Europe:

Widely cultivated for ornament

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Water courses in valleys

Botanical Description:

Leaves 15-45 x 10-25 cm, sagittate with rounded lobes, acuminate; petiole up to 75 cm. Scape somewhat exceeding the leaves. Spathe up to 25 cm, rhombic-ovate, the cuspidate apex recurved. Spadix about half as long as spathe, the upper part entirely covered by densely crowded, bright yellow anthers, the limits of individual flowers being quite obscure. Berry yellow, seldom formed in Europe.

Distributional range:

Locally naturalized in S. & W. Europe

Native region outside Europe:

(South Africa.)

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

Introduced in  the Azores, Corse, ex-Jugoslavia

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

[Az Co Hs Ju Lu Md]