Araceae
Water arum
Arum hygrophilum
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Arum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- لوف محب للرطوبة
- English
- Water arum
- Hebrew
- לוף ירוק
Synonyms
- Arum albinervium Kotschy ex Engl.
- Arum hygrophilum subsp. aurorum Braun-Blanq. & Maire
- Arum hygrophilum subsp. maurum Braun-Blanq. & Maire
- Arum hygrophilum var. albinervium Kotschy ex Engl.
- Arum hygrophilum var. genuinum Maire & Weiller
- Arum hygrophilum var. maurum (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) Jahand. & Maire
- Arum longicyrrhum Schott
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 45 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.