Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021)
Red List (1989) :
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands
Flowering Time :
November – March
Colour of Flowers:
Brown or Green
Name Derivation :
Arisarum: Name first given by Dioscorides for the peculiar plant with pitcher-like flowers. (Greek origin )
vulgare: common and widespread, at least when this plant was described. (Latin origin )
Description, Habitat and Distribution
Habitat in Europe:
Disturbed ground especially in shaded and damp areas
Preferred habitat in Malta:
Mostly present in maquis and sheltered rocky areas but can also be found in high garigue, abandoned fields, disturbed ground with dumped soil and wooded areas. Prefers mostly partial shade and moist soil but can thrive in exposed rocky ground
Botanical Description:
Stock an irregular, more or less ovoid tuber. Plant 20-40 cm. Leaves 6-12 x 4-10 cm, ovate to hastate-sagittate, obtuse or shortly mucronate, cordate at base; petiole long and slender, purple-spotted. Spathe 3-5 cm, erect, the basal part pale green with longitudinal stripes of dull reddish-purple, the upper part dark green to purplish-brown. Appendix of spadix greenish. Female flowers 4-5. Seeds 2-6.
Distributional range:
Mediterranean region, C. & S. Portugal, Azores.
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):
Albania, the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019) Country codes
AE(G) Ag Al Az Bl Ca Co Cr Cy Eg Ga Gr Hs IJ It Ju Li LS Ma Md Sa Si Sn Tcs Tu(A)
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Species Images (41 images)
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-0.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-1.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-2.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-3.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-4.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-5.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-6.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-7.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-8.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-9.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-10.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-11.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-12.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-13.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-14.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-15.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-16.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-17.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-18.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-19.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-20.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-21.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-22.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-23.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-24.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-25.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-26.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-27.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-28.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-29.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-30.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-31.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-32.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-33.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-34.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-35.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-36.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-37.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-38.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-39.
Arisarum vulgare - Image Code: ARMVU-40.
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