Arum italicum
Encyclopedia
Arum italicum is a member the plant family Araceae
, also known as Italian arum and Italian Lords-and-Ladies. The plant is native to southern and western Europe
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This is one of two species of Arum
native to Europe, the other being Arum maculatum
, known as the Cuckoo Pint, or simply Lords-and-Ladies.
Description
The Arum italicum plant grows 1–1.5 ft (0.3048–0.4572 m) high, with equal spread. It blooms in Spring with white flowers that turn to showy red fruit.
for traditional and woodland
shade garden
s. Some gardeners use this Arum to underplant with hosta
, as they produce foliage sequentially; when the hosta withers away, the Arum replaces it, leaving the ground covered.
Arum italicum can be invasive
in some areas.
In 1778, Lamarck noticed that the inflorescence of this plant produces heat.
Araceae
Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...
, also known as Italian arum and Italian Lords-and-Ladies. The plant is native to southern and western Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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This is one of two species of Arum
Arum
Arum is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region....
native to Europe, the other being Arum maculatum
Arum maculatum
Arum maculatum is a common woodland plant species of the Araceae family. It is widespread across temperate northern Europe and is known by an abundance of common names including Wild arum, Lords and Ladies, Devils and Angels, Cows and Bulls, Cuckoo-Pint, Adam and Eve, Bobbins, Naked Boys,...
, known as the Cuckoo Pint, or simply Lords-and-Ladies.
Description
The Arum italicum plant grows 1–1.5 ft (0.3048–0.4572 m) high, with equal spread. It blooms in Spring with white flowers that turn to showy red fruit.
Cultivation
Arum italicum is cultivated as an ornamental plantOrnamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
for traditional and woodland
Woodland
Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of...
shade garden
Shade garden
Shade gardens are gardens planted and grown in areas with little or no direct sunlight during the day, either under trees or on the shady sides of buildings. Shade gardening presents certain challenges, in part because only certain plants are able to grow in shady conditions. Very few edible plants...
s. Some gardeners use this Arum to underplant with hosta
Hosta
Hosta is a genus of about 23–45 species of lily-like plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, native to northeast Asia. They have been placed in their own family, Hostaceae ; like many 'lilioid monocots', they were once classified in the Liliaceae...
, as they produce foliage sequentially; when the hosta withers away, the Arum replaces it, leaving the ground covered.
Arum italicum can be invasive
Invasive species
"Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions....
in some areas.
In 1778, Lamarck noticed that the inflorescence of this plant produces heat.
