Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Arum italicum Mill.

Family

Araceae

Common Names

Aaron's rod, cuckoo pint, Italian arum, Italian arum lily, Italian cuckoo-pint, Italian lily, large cuckoo-pint, Lords and Ladies

Origin

Native to the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands, northern Africa (i.e. northern Algeria, northern Morocco and northern Tunisia), Europe (i.e. UK, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Ukraine and south-western Russia) and western Asia (i.e. northern Turkey, Armenia and Georgia).

Naturalised Distribution

Naturalised in some parts of south-eastern Australia (i.e. in some parts of central and southern New South Wales, in southern Victoria and in south-eastern South Australia). Also sparingly naturalised in south-western Western Australia (i.e. it has been reported from Dwellingup).

Notes

Italian arum (Arum italicum) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and as an emerging or potential environmental weed in Western Australia and New South Wales. It has escaped from gardens and invaded creek-banks, riparian vegetation and urban bushland. It has been recorded growing in conservation areas in Victoria (e.g. in Morwell National Park and Bay of Islands Coastal Park) and New South Wales (i.e. Irrawong Reserve in Sydney and Bill Smyth Reserve in Eurobodalla Shire).