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This beautiful pink blossom decorates a flower bed along the sidewalk leading to the front entrance door at Tarpley Manor in the Overlook Community of Maryville, Tennessee. This is a favorite place for tiny critters that like to hide while they eat. It is also a good place for spiders to ambush lunch...

From the WIKI article ...

Zantedeschia aethiopica is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant , evergreen where rainfall and temperatures are adequate, deciduous where there is a dry season . Its preferred habitat is in streams and ponds or on the banks. It grows to 0.6–1 m (2.0–3.3 ft) tall, with large clumps of broad, arrow shaped dark green leaves up to 45 cm (18 in) long. The inflorescences are large and are produced in spring, summer and autumn, with a pure white spathe up to 25 cm (9.8 in) and a yellow spadix up to 90 mm (3 1⁄2 in) long.[2] The spadix produces a faint, sweet fragrance.[3]
Z. aethiopica contains calcium oxalate , and ingestion of the raw plant may cause a severe burning sensation and swelling of lips, tongue, and throat; stomach pain and diarrhea may occur.[4] [5]

Description
This beautiful pink blossom decorates a flower bed along the sidewalk leading to the front entrance door at Tarpley Manor in the Overlook Community of Maryville, Tennessee. This is a favorite place for tiny critters that like to hide while they eat. It is also a good place for spiders to ambush lunch...

From the WIKI article ...

Zantedeschia aethiopica is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant , evergreen where rainfall and temperatures are adequate, deciduous where there is a dry season . Its preferred habitat is in streams and ponds or on the banks. It grows to 0.6–1 m (2.0–3.3 ft) tall, with large clumps of broad, arrow shaped dark green leaves up to 45 cm (18 in) long. The inflorescences are large and are produced in spring, summer and autumn, with a pure white spathe up to 25 cm (9.8 in) and a yellow spadix up to 90 mm (3 1⁄2 in) long.[2] The spadix produces a faint, sweet fragrance.[3]
Z. aethiopica contains calcium oxalate , and ingestion of the raw plant may cause a severe burning sensation and swelling of lips, tongue, and throat; stomach pain and diarrhea may occur.[4] [5]