Arum italicum Mill.

Spice Spadix Fruit In the field 1 In the field 2

Family: ARACEAE

Genus: Arum

Catalan common name: Candela. Cugot. Gresolera. Orella d´ase. Peu de bou. Pota de vedell. Rapa. Sarriassa. Xèrria.

Spanish common name: Aro. Babiacán. Candiles. Hierba de Aarón. Hierba del juicio del año. Jaro. Jumillo. Llave del año. Pie de becerro. Rejalgar. Yaro.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Dragonera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Geophyte.

Habitats: Mountainous oakforest. Oakforest. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Shady herbaceous communities.

Characteristics: This Araceae is quite frequent in arable land and on the edges of garrigues (Mediterranean woodland). It has much larger leaves than Arisarum vulgare, with no dark spots on the petiole, which it coincides with in the same places. The inflorescence comes out of the ground, and is made up of a large, creamy-white spathe and a clearly visible yellow spadix.