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Arisarum - tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area

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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Du cote negatif s'installent les taxons le plus contributifs, de nature biologique variees: geophyte (Arisarum vulgare -1.69), hemicryptophyte (Sedum acre -1.54) associes aux therophytes (Aegilops triuncialis -2.04, Trifolium stellatum -1.69) indiquant ainsi un gradient croissant pre-foret allant du cote positif au cote negatif.

La vegetation des monts de Tlemcen (Algerie). Aspect phytoecologique/The vegetation of the Tlemcen mounts (Algeria). Phytoecological aspect/La vegetacion de las montanas de Tlemcen (Argelia). Apariencia fitoecologica

The "mouse plant", Arisarum Proscideum, will provide great ground cover as well as a great conversational piece.

TREE-MENDOUS TREES AND PLANTS

Small plant species of the Oleo-Ceratonion alliance are presence, such as Arisarum vulgare, Prasium majus and Asparagus acutifolius.

Plant communities supported by the geological setting: the case history of the Isole dei Ciclopi (east Sicily)/La vegetacion y su relacion con el sustrato geologico: el caso de Isole dei Ciclopi (este de Sicilia, Italia)

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

("Arisaria").--Type: Arisarum Mill., 1754.--Validated by a

Index nominum familiarum plantarum vascularium

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 may not be pretty, but it's eyecatching