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Italian Arum
Arum italicum
33.8003, -84.3884
Field Notes
Description:
These were all over the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. They were single stalks with tight green clusters. One of the plants was turning red/orange from the top down. I finally found a Botanical sign.
"Araceae
Arum italicum
Italian Arum
Southern Europe"
Habitat:
The 5th picture is an example why gardeners grow Arum in with Hostas. The large flat leaves are a Hosta variety with an Arum flower stalk growing up in between the Hosta leaves.
Notes:
From Wikipedia
"Arum italicum is a member the plant family Araceae. It also known as Cuckoo Pint and Italian Lords-and-Ladies. It is one of two species of Arum native to Britain, the other being Arum maculatum (also known as Cuckoo Pint, or just simply Lords-and-Ladies).
In 1778, Lamarck noticed that the inflorescence of this plant produces heat.[1]
Arum italicum can be invasive in some areas.[2]
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.[2]"
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