Arum orientale

Arum orientale

Arum orientale is a rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial plant. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a coloured spathe.
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Appearance

Leaf stalks 13-33cm long, more or less purple-flushed. Leaf blades oblong-hastate, 9-25cm in length with short basal lobes. Spathe to 15cm long, sometimes much more, pale green, variably purple-flushed without, sometimes with a purple border, borne amongst the foliage in late spring.
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Naming

Subspecies
Arum orientale subsp. longispathum (Rchb.) Engl.
Arum orientale subsp. orientale

Distribution

Asia-Temperate - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Western Asia Iran (Doubtful)
Europe - Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Czech R., Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania

References:

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http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Arum/orientale
Status: Unknown
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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusArum
Species
Photographed in
Bulgaria
United Kingdom