Araceae

Snakeshead

Arum maculatum L.

Family: Araceae
Genus: Arum

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Common names

By language (32)

Albanian: Këlkeza e njollosur
Arabic: لوف أبقع
Azerbaijani: Xallı danaayağı
Belarusian: Ароннік плямісты
Catalan: Gouet tacheté
Central Kurdish: خاز, هاز, کاردی, کاری, گوڵ شەیپوور, ھاز
Chinese: 斑点疆南星
Czech: Arón plamatý, Aron plamatý
Danish: Plettet arum, Plettet Ingefær
Dutch: Gevlekte aronskelk
English: Snakeshead, Cuckoo pint, Cuckoo-pint, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Lords and ladies, Parson and clerk, Parson-and-clerk, Parson-in-his-smock
Estonian: Tähniline aarum
Finnish: Täplämunkinhuppu, Aaroninsauva
French: Gouet tacheté, Pied de veau, Vachotte
German: Gefleckter Aronstab, Gouet tacheté, Zehrwurz
hsb: Blakaty klep
Hungarian: Foltos kontyvirág
Irish: Cluas chaoin
Italian: Gigaro scuro
Kurdish: Karî
Lithuanian: Gouet tacheté
Macedonian: Обичен змијанец
Persian: کارده سرماری
Polish: Obrazki plamiste
Russian: Аронник пятнистый
Serbian: Козлац, Arirhizoma, Змијин чешаљ
Serbian (Latin): Kozlac
Slovak: Áron škvrnitý
Slovenian: Pegasti kačnik
Spanish: Araa, Aro manchado, Barba de Aaron, Barba de Aarón, Comida culebras, Dragontia menor, Hoja de culebra, Vela del diablo
Swedish: Fläckig munkhätta, Aronsört, Gouet tacheté
Welsh: Pidyn y gog, Lili'r grog

Synonyms

Arisarum maculatum (L.) Raf.
Arum alpinum subsp. pyrenaeum (Dufour) Nyman
Arum byzantinum Blume
Arum gracile Unverr. ex Schott
Arum heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss.
Arum immaculatum (Rchb.) Rchb.
Arum italicum subsp. byzantinum (Blume) Nyman
Arum italicum var. amoenum Engl.
Arum italicum var. byzantinum (Blume) Engl.
Arum maculatum f. flavescens Riedl
Arum maculatum f. flavescens Melzer ex Riedl
Arum maculatum f. immaculatum (Mutel) Topa
Arum maculatum f. roseum (Grembl. ex Engl.) Riedl
Arum maculatum f. scolopendriforme Priszter ex Horvat
Arum maculatum f. spathulatum Terpó
Arum maculatum f. tetrelii (Corb.) Terpó
Arum maculatum subsp. pyrenaeum (Dufour) Nyman
Arum maculatum subvar. immaculatum Mutel
Arum maculatum subvar. malyi (Schott) Engl.
Arum maculatum subvar. pyrenaeum (Dufour) Engl.
Arum maculatum subvar. roseum Grembl. ex Engl.
Arum maculatum var. flavescens Melzer ex Janch.
Arum maculatum var. heldreichii (Orph. ex Boiss.) Nyman
Arum maculatum var. immaculatum Rchb.
Arum maculatum var. karpatii Terpó
Arum maculatum var. malyi (Schott) Nyman
Arum maculatum var. pyrenaeum (Dufour) P.Fourn.
Arum maculatum var. tetrelii Corb.
Arum maculatum var. tetrellii Corb.
Arum maculatum var. vulgare (Lam.) Engl.
Arum maculatum var. zelebori (Schott) Nyman
Arum maculatum var. zelebori (Schott) Beck
Arum maculatum var. zeleborii (Schott) Nyman
Arum malyi Schott
Arum orientale subsp. amoenum (Engl.) R.R.Mill
Arum pyrenaeum Dufour
Arum trapezuntinum Schott ex Engl.
Arum vernale Salisb.
Arum vulgare Lam.
Arum vulgare var. albovenosum DC.

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.