Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: aristoflora on December 03, 2015, 04:10:04 PM
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Hello!
I got some tubers of this aroid species from my last holiday trip in the Algarve - but unfortunately I can't identify the species more precisely. Is there anybody having an assumption what it might be?
Thanks in advance,
aristoflora
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Hi! I think that this is Arum italicum.
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I think you're pretty close! But A. italicum has 4 subspecies .... and there is another one A. cylindraceum obviously being quite similar...
How can I distinguish those species? Is it only possible through flower characteristics?
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Was it lifted from the wild?
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Yes it was - naturally it grew in very dry soil near the river of Odeleite (but the region is very dry in summer, only humid in winter & spring)