Arum maculatum

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Read about Arum maculatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Arum maculatum, Linn. (A. vulgare, Lam.). Lords-and-ladies. Cuckoo-Pint. Wake Robin (in England). Fig. 394. About a foot high: Lvs. usually black-spotted, hastate or sagittate, the front lobe triangular- ovate, about as high as the spathe: spathe somewhat contracted above the base, the margins of the limb becoming in- rolled, spotted with purple: spadix shorter than the spathe, purple. Eu.—A hardy species, of many forms. A form with spotless Lvs. and whitish tube with medial purple zone, is A. immaculatum, Reichb., and Zelebari, Schott. Var. angustatum, Engler (A. intermedium, Schur. A. Malyi, Schott) has a narrow light purple spathe. Var. alpinum, Engler (A. alpinum, Schott & Kotschy) has peduncles longer, and an ovate-lanceolate spathe.


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