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Arum italicum
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Painted Arum |
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 5-9 |
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Southern Europe |
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Clump-forming perennial |
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12-18 inches tall by 18 inches wide |
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Spathe is whitish-green spotted with
purple, spadix is yellow. Spadix does not extend
past the middle of the spathe blade. The flowers
resemble small
Jack in the Pulpit flowers. |
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Late spring |
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The leaves which
rise out of a clump are hastate (spear-shaped)
and 12 inches long. Each leaf is conspicuously
marbled with grays and creams with a dark green
background. The leaves emerge in the fall. |
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- 'Marmoratum' - Very large leaves which
are marbled along the veins with
yellow-green.
- 'Picturn'
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