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Arum creticum

About
Arum creticum, the Cretan arum, is a species in of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is native to the Greek island of Crete (Kriti), the Eastern Aegean Islands, and southwestern Turkey. This semi-evergreen clump-forming tuberous perennial has large arrow-shaped leaves. Erect folded-back spathes of fragrant yellow or cream appear in spring, with longer narrow spadices of a darker yellow. The flowers are followed in autumn by clusters of red or orange fruit. The plant reaches 50 cm (20 in) tall and broad.
- Family
- Araceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Arum creticum
- Slug
- arum-creticum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Arum
- Species
- creticum
- Wikidata QID
- Q1486756
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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