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Arisarum proboscideum
Also called Mousetailplant, Mouse Tail Arum
Mousetail plant is a small perennial arum grown from a slender rhizome, valued for its odd spathe with a long thin tail. Its key to success is shade and steady moisture, since the rhizomes dislike drying out.
Arisarum proboscideum, also known as the mouse plant or mouse-tail plant, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae.
It can be cultivated outdoors in shaded areas, and it is not suitable for warm greenhouses exposed to the summer sun, as the rhizomes are intolerant of desiccation. They require sufficient moisture. Planting and re-planting is advised to take place in springtime.
This species is native Europe, where it can be found in western Spain and both central and southern Italy.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arisarum proboscideum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
