Арум пятнистый (Arum maculatum)

Species of flowering plant
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|species = maculatum
|authority = L.
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A. maculatum is known by an abundance of common names including Adam and Eve, adder's meat, adder's root, cuckoo plant, starch root, Starch root is a simple description – the plant's root was used to make laundry starch and the 'lords and ladies' name may alternatively have referred to its use for starching the ruffs worn around the necks of the gentry during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

It grows in woodland areas and riversides. It can occasionally grow as a weed in partly shaded spots.

A. maculatum is the type species of the genus Arum. Within the genus, it belongs to subgenus Arum, section Arum. There is no known antidote to A. maculatum poisoning. Airway management may reduce the mortality, and aggressive fluid administration may prevent renal injury. The leaves, which are toxic, can be mistaken for edible sorrel.

Arum maculatum is cultivated as an ornamental plant in traditional and woodland shade gardens. The cluster of bright red berries standing alone without foliage can be a striking landscape accent. The mottled and variegated leaf patterns can add bright interest in darker habitats. Arum maculatum may hybridize with Arum italicum.

The roots were a traditional source of starch for stiffening clothes. In 1440, the nuns of Syon Abbey in England used the roots of the cuckoo pint flower to make starch for church linens; only starch "made of herbes" could be used for communion linen.