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Lords and Lady plant

Arum maculatum

Description:

Arum maculatum is a common woodland plant species of the Araceae family. It is widespread across most of Europe as well as Turkey and Caucasus. It is known by an abundance of common names including snakeshead, adder's root, arum, wild arum, arum lily, lords-and-ladies, devils and angels, cows and bulls, cuckoo-pint, Adam and Eve, bobbins, naked boys, starch-root, wake robin, friar's cowl and jack in the pulpit. The name "lords-and-ladies" and other gender related names refer to the plant's likeness to male and female genitalia symbolising copulation

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KrisThomas
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KrisThomas

North Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Sep 19, 2013
Submitted on Sep 19, 2014

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