arum
Lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum), also known as the cuckoopint, Adam-and-Eve, and wake-robin. Native to temperate Asia, northern Africa, and Europe, lords-and-ladies is one of the best-known species of arum, which are a family of perennials found in woods and hedgerows on alkaline soil. Arum maculatum is characterized by large blackish-purple spotted flowers, shiny green leaves, and red berries. The berries and sap of the plant can be fatally toxic to animals.
Any of a group of mainly European plants with narrow leaves and a single, usually white, special leaf (spathe) surrounding the spike of tiny flowers. The ornamental arum called the trumpet lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is a native of South Africa. (Genus Arum, family Araceae.)
| Jack-in-the-pulpit and skunk cabbage are North American arums belonging to related genera. |
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