Cuckoo Pint

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Arum italicum x maculatum selection

Cuckoo pint

Name: Arum maculatun, lords-and-ladies, wake robin, arum

Description: A perennial plant, leaves are shaped like arrowheads and may have purple spots. Flowers have a yellow / brown spadix covered by a light green spathe. Fruit is a fleshy red berry.

Lords and Ladies

Concern level: Only during drought conditions, unpalatable.

Toxic parts: The whole plant is toxic, toxin is in the sap and can irritate on physical contact.

Lords and Ladies

Symptoms: Irritation and burning of mouth and throat, diarrhea, colic, muscle tremors, weakness in the back end, collapse.

Danger: Contains coniine-type alkaloids, make animals sick in high quantities, however it is rarely fatal.

arum maculatum-spring 2004

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