Specimen Details Report a Problem Species: Colocasia esculenta Collection Date: May 4, 1958 Bar Code ID: 000004486 UUID: 994140e7-c1fb-49cc-86d9-35e8259cee36 Collectors: George R. Cooley, Carroll E. Wood, Jr., Kenneth A. Wilson, L. J. Brass Collector's Identifier: 6236 Flower Buds Present?: False Flowers Present?: False Fruit Present?: False Country: United States State or Province: Florida County or Parish: Glades Fips Code: 12043 Nearest Named Place: Lakeport View Image  View JPEG Download JPEG (1.28 MB) Download TIFF (31.13 MB) Verbatim Directions to Locality: Lakeport (Highway 78). Habitat: along roadsides in wet meadows, and along ditches and marshes. Plant Morphology Observations: upper portion of petiole tinted with purple; upper side of petiole attachment purple. Spreading by runners. No flowers seen. Local Abundance Observations: forming extensive colonies. Observations Regarding Future Persistence of Local Population: spreading by runners. Notes: [map inset]. Non digital information?: Y Identification Records Identifier's Name: Text Identification Date: 4 May 1958 Formal Identification Date: 1958-05-04 Lowest Rank Identified: Species Identification History: Colocassia antiquorum Schott; coll. George R. Cooley et al.; 4 May 1958 Identifier's Name: Lowest Rank Identified: Species Identification History: C. esculenta (L.) Schott [handwritten note without name or date] Identifier's Name: Sue Thompson Text Identification Date: 1985 Lowest Rank Identified: Species Identification History: Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott; Examined for Vascular Flora of the Southeastern U.S., det. Sue Thompson; 1985 Related links (open in new browser tab) USDA Plants Database USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants Integrated Taxonomic Information System Google Images International Plant Names Index University of Florida Herbarium Morphbank