Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Italian arum, Italian lords-and-ladies

Family: Araceae (Aroid)

Synonym: Arum maculatum var. italicum

Distribution: Mediterranean

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: It grows 30–46 cm high, with equal spread. It blooms in Spring with white flowers that turn to showy red fruit. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant for traditional and woodland shade gardens. Some 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.