Italian Lords-and-Ladies (Arum italicum)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Vascular plant > flowering plant > Herbaceous plant |
| Red List Status: | Near Threatened (Not Relevant) [NT(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Arum italicum |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Mill. |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | in Stroh et al., 2014 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | Stroh et al. 2014: The sole native subspecies is Arum italicum subsp. neglectum. |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Assessed as LC in England (Stroh et al., 2014), Atlas 2020 showed the native distribution of this species is stable. It remains plentiful at many coastal, woodland and hedgerow sites along the south coast of England and is unlikely to benefit from any specific conservation actions. The non-native subsp. italicum is also increasing as a garden escape. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Abundant suitable habitat exists within the range of the taxon. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | This species is reasonably mobile in field borders, hedgerows and scrub habitats so could benefit from untargeted increases in such habitat mosaics. |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
No Key Actions Defined
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.