Italian arum

Arum italicum

The Italian arum is a unique plant with large, arrow-shaped leaves and a striking flower that looks like a hood. It grows in shady places and can be found in gardens and woodlands.

Hábitat: Woodlands

Aspecto

The Italian arum has glossy, dark green, arrow-shaped leaves with prominent cream or silver veins, often appearing in autumn. Its unique flower consists of a large, pale green-yellow, hood-like spathe surrounding a yellow flower spike, followed by striking clusters of bright red-orange berries.

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Italian arum

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

It smells like rotting meat or dung to trick flies into visiting its flowers!

Its bright red-orange berries look tasty but are super poisonous if eaten!

The Italian arum's leaves sprout in fall and stay green all through the winter!

The plant's special flower can actually make its own heat, like a tiny heater!

Habilidades especiales

Italian arum flowers can warm themselves up to attract tiny flies and beetles, helping them pollinate the plant.

The plant emits a foul, carrion-like odor that draws in specific insect pollinators, helping it reproduce.

Italian arum has irritating calcium oxalate crystals in all its parts, protecting it from most hungry animals.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 15-45 cm
Extensión: 30-60 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 15-25 cm
Temporada de floración: Primavera
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Alta
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Filter fly

Psychoda alternata

Attracted by warmth and smell

eats

Black slug

Arion ater

Can graze on the plant's leaves

eats

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Disperses seeds by consuming berries

Rasgos

Caducifolio

Las plantas caducifolias pierden periódicamente todas sus hojas, por lo general durante el otoño o las estaciones secas.

Floración

Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.

Ornamental

Las plantas ornamentales se cultivan principalmente por su atractivo estético, embelleciendo paisajes y jardines con su atractivo follaje, flores o forma.