Lords and ladies; Wild arum; Cuckoopint
Arum tacheté
In fall, clusters of bright red berries remain after spathe and other leaves
have withered away.
Berries are extremely poisonous.
Large tuberous, starchy, roots were used to make a
starch to stiffen ruffs in Elizabethan times.
Counterpart in eastern North America is the jack-in-the-pulpit.
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Form near the lavoir in Lacoste, 4.10.13
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Spathe, 4.10.13
Spadix is partially enclosed in the leaf-like
hood of the spathe
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| Leaf shape, 4.10.13 |
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Jacob Sturm illustration 1796
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