Citation: Targ.-Tozz., Ann. Mus. Firenze 2, 2:67 (1810) subsp. vulgare.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Common arisarum, friars cowl.

Description:
Erect glabrous perennial, to 40 cm high; tuber irregularly elongate or swollen; leaves ovate, deeply hastate to subobtuse at the base, green, the blade usually 4-10 cm long, the petiole 10-30 cm long and purple-marked.

Spathe 3-5 cm long, erect below but strongly arched above, pale-green marked with red below, usually becoming reddish above; spadix appendage green.

Fruit green.

Published illustration: Polunin & Huxley (1965) Flowers of the Mediterranean, fig. 221 .

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL.   Native and widespread along the Mediterranean. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: May and probably to July.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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