#cuckoo pint

[heaveninawildflower]

Arum plant (cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit).

Wellcome Collection gallery.

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[toothwalker]

Lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum (also commonly known as cuckoo pint), growing semi-wild near someone's garden wall Surrey, UK, July 2025

[rherlotshadow]

Large Cuckoo Pint (Arum italicum) with beautiful variegated foliage. A shade loving plant, common among hedgerows and woodland. In the UK there are two species: Arum maculatum (green leaves with some black/dark purple markings) and Arum italicum - this one - which has green and white variegated leaves.

Lots of excellent folk names for this one: snakeshead, adder root, arum, wild arum, arum lily, lords-and-ladies, devils and angels, cows and bulls, starch-root, wake robin, jack in the pulpit and more.

And entirely poisonous.

[lost-harts]

April 2025

[feyspeaker]

🌿Lounging with the Lords and Ladies🌿

A visitor in the cuckoo-pint! This positively bizarre and lovely plant hailing from England inspired this illustration.

[witchylilja]

Arum Maculatum (Cuckoo Pint)

"It grows best in wooded areas or long riverbanks, and is a good indicator of healthy and nutrient-rich land. For this reason, Germans believe that where it flourishes, the spirits of the wood are plentiful and content." (Inkwright, 2021, p. 78)

Inkwright, F. (2021). Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants. Liminal 11.

Art is my own.

[teethstoobigmouthwontclose]

My boy Sage again ^-^ I recently wrote a short story about him. Please give it a read, I hope you like it :) Of Gardens and Forests Green

[lost-harts]

April 2023