Flowers in Israel: Spotted arum
Arum dioscoridis, Spotted arum,
Hebrew: לוף מנומר, Arabic: لوف ديوسقوريدس
| Scientific name: | Arum dioscoridis Sm. | |
| Common name: | Spotted arum | |
| Hebrew name: | לוף מנומר | |
| Arabic name: | لوف ديوسقوريدس | |
| Family: | Araceae, לופיים |
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| Life form: | Geophyte | |
| Stems: | 20-60 cm tall | |
| Leaves: | Rosette, simple, smooth | |
| Flowers: | No sepals or tepals | |
| Fruits / pods: | Cluster of red-orange berries | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Arum. The name “Aron,” with the Greek termination, has been used in the most ancient times, having been applied by Hippocrates (c.460 – c.377 BCE), Theophrastus (370 – about 285 BCE), Dioscorides (ca. 40 – ca.90 CE) and Pliny (23 – 79 CE), but by the latter with the Latin termination (Arum).
dioscorides, to commemmorate Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκορίδης; ca. 40 – ca. 90), an ancient Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist from Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor.
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