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| name = ''Zantedeschia elliottiana''
|familia=Araceae
| common_names = Golden calla
|genus=Zantedeschia
| growth_habit = herbaceous rhizome
|species=elliottiana
| high = 60-100cm (24-40in)
|common_name=Golden calla
| wide = 30-45cm (12-18in)
|habit=bulbous
| origin = possibly garden hybrid
|Min ht box=60
|Min ht metric=cm
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht box=100
| exposure = full to part-sun
|Max ht metric=cm
| water = moist
|Min wd box=30
| features = flowers
|Min wd metric=cm
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
|Max wd box=45
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd metric=cm
| usda_zones = 9-11
|origin=possibly garden hybrid
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun, part-sun
| image = Zantedeschia - Calla Lilly1.jpg
|water=moist
| image_width = 240px
|features=flowers
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|max_zone=11
|image=Zantedeschia - Calla Lilly1.jpg
|image_width=240
}}
}}
{{Inc|
Zantedeschia elliottiana, Engler (Calla Elliottiana, Knight. Richardia Elliottiana, W. Wats.). Golden Calla. Lvs. glabrous; petiole 2 ft. or more long, lacking bristles, more or less mottled; blade ovate or orbicular-ovate, cordate at base, obtuse but subulate-pointed at apex, light green, with a few white or translucent spots, with undulate margins, about as large as those of Z. aethiopica: spathe a rich lustrous yellow, lasting about two weeks, becoming greenish with age, not purple-blotched, about 6 in. long: berries about 3/4 in. diam., nearly globose, green: tuber proliferous. Afr., probably in Trop. Transvaal.
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Not known in the wild, may be a hybrid. Arrowhead shaped leaves are heavily spotted with white. Leaves are 8-12 in (20-30 cm) long. Flower stalks topped with deep yellow spathes. Spathes are 4-5 in (10-12 cm).
Not known in the wild, may be a hybrid. Arrowhead shaped leaves are heavily spotted with white. Leaves are 8-12 in (20-30 cm) long. Flower stalks topped with deep yellow spathes. Spathes are 4-5 in (10-12 cm).
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Zantedeschia|genus page]].''
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Zantedeschia|genus page]].''
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
*Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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