| Scientific Name: | Arum italicum 'Pictum' |
| Common Name: | painted arum |
| Family Name: | Araceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Alpine, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Spring interest, Summer interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Lustrous, Deltoid, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Spadix (& spathe), White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Orange, Red, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves arrow-head shaped, 25-23(-30)cm long x 5-15cm wide, dark green with cream coloured venation; spadix yellow, ~5cm long x 14mm wide, greenish spathe 22cm long x 6cm wide; berries tightly clustered, bright orange red. | |