Snakeshead
Arum maculatum L.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- 19 cm
Araceae
Formerly Arisarum maculatum, Arum byzantinum, Arum heldreichii, Arum immaculatum, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to N. Türkiye and W. CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 23 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purple, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- arón plamatý
- Arabic
- لوف أبقع
- Azerbaijani
- Xallı danaayağı
- Belarusian
- Ароннік плямісты
- Welsh
- Pidyn y gog
- Danish
- Plettet arum
- German
- Gefleckter Aronstab
- Estonian
- Tähniline aarum
- Persian
- کارده سرماری
- Finnish
- Täplämunkinhuppu
- French
- gouet tacheté
- Irish
- Cluas chaoin
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Arum maculatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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