ARUM FAMILY
Arisarum vulgare(FRIAR'S COWL)
(Yılan ekmeği)
(Krummstab)
Araceae
Tuberous perennial herbs. Leaves long-petiolate, ovate-sagittate, up to 12.5 x 9 cm. Scape, erect, purple-spotted, up to 22 cm. Inflorescence long-stalked; spathe narrow, to 5 cm long, green to chocolate-brown, hooded above, tubular below; spadix greenish. Fruit depressed-globose berries. Potential ornamental for rocks garden. Fl. November-May. Rocky hillsides, on limestone and metamorphic rocks, Quercus coccifera macchie, Cupressus forest, banks and walls, often in shade.
Mediterranean area, Azores.
