Plants : AraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Arum italicum Miller

Italian Lords-and-ladies

Description: This is generally similar to the common cuckoo-pint (Arum maculatum) except that it has white veins on the leaves (which appear earlier than those of A. maculatum) and it flowers a little later. It is not native in Ireland but is occasionally encountered on roadside banks near houses as an established garden escape.

All names: Arum italicum Miller

Distribution Map from NBN: Arum italicum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Arum italicum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Arum italicum. Miller. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2352. Accessed on 2026-11-02.