Arum hygrophilum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has a disjunct distribution, found in northern and central Israel, western Jordan, Lebanon, southwestern Syria, eastern Cyprus, western Turkey, and northeastern Morocco. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
It is threatened by agricultural development and urbanization.
Description By relative inflorescence height, Arum species are divided into "cryptic" species, whose inflorescences are borne on a short peduncle amid or below the leaves, and "flag" species, whose inflorescences are above leaf level at the end of long peduncles. A. hygrophilum is a flag species.
The species has a white inner spathe, which has purple accents. The small spadix is a dark purple color.
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