Arums

Italian Lords-and-ladies Friar’s-cowl Altar-lily Friar's-cowl



Arum Family - Araceae

Italian Lords-and-ladies      Arum italicum

Native from South-west England, south and east to the mediterranean Region, Caucasus and Middle East.

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Friar's-cowl      Arisarum vulgare

Throughout the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to the Caucasus.

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Clubbed Biarum      Biarum rhopalospadix

Endemic to southern Greece. Leaves emerge in the autumn and the flowers appear in spring, without the leaves.

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Altar-lily      Zantedeschia aethiopica

Native to southern Africa but widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental and often spreading into natural habitats in warmer parts of the world.

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