Arum italicum Mill., 1768

Common names

🇬🇧 Italian Lords-and-Ladies
🇫🇷 Gouet d’Italie, Pied-de-veau, Arum d’Italie

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Areae
Genus: Arum
Species: Arum italicum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with A. maculatum L., 1753, which has flowers with a purple tinted, pale green spathe and a purple spadix, and often has black spotted leaves, while A. italicum has flowers with a pale green spathe and a yellow spadix, and often has pale green veined leaves.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. italicum subsp. albispathum (Steven ex Ledeb.) Prime, 1978;
A. italicum subsp. canariense (Webb & Berthel.) P.C.Boyce, 1993;
A. italicum subsp. italicum Mill., 1768, P;
A. italicum subsp. neglectum (Towns.) Prime, 1961.

Photographs

img/arum-italicum.webp — *Arum italicum*

img/arum-italicum-4.webp — *Arum italicum*

img/arum-italicum-2.webp — *Arum italicum* - Spadix

img/arum-italicum-3.webp — *Arum italicum* - Leaves

img/arum-italicum-5.webp — *Arum italicum* - Fruits

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 87). Biotope.