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Arisarum

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n.1.a genus of tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area.
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Noun1.Arisarum - tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbsArisarum - tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area
genus Arisarum
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Araceae, arum family, family Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
Arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowl - tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
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Beyond the true Arums, there is a huge range of plants from the Arum family for you to search out, including the Peace Lily, Spathiphyllum; the mouse plant, Arisarum proboscideum with its strange long-tailed spathes; the Arisaema's that have become so popular for collectors over recent years; the bog Arum, Calla pallustris; the Yellow Skunk Cabbage, Lysichiton americanus with its distinctive musky smell and the Flamingo Flower, Anthurium andraeanum.
Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
If you've got children, they'll love Arisarum proboscideum, the mouse-tail arum.
GARDEN LIFE: Good, bad and downright ugly; The bizarre aroid family ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
At the opposite end of the range is the diminutive mousetail arum, arisarum proboscideum.
Weird world of the aroids by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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