Dragon Arum, Dracunculus vulgaris

Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Rethymno, Doxaro
Photo taken by:
Avramakis, M.
Photo taken date:
March 2013

Dragon Arum

Plants

Photo of leaves and stem, of Dragon Arum, Dracunculus vulgaris, at Rethymno, Crete, Greece. A very impressive plant whose small flowers are massed on a purple spadix, surrounded by a purple spathe. It smells like rotten meat in order to attract insect pollinators. It flowers in April –May and grows in various habitats up to 1.500 m.