California Pitcher plant
டார்லிங்டோனியாഡാർലിങ്ടോണിയ കാലിഫോർണിക്കগোখরা লিলি
Darlingtonia californica Torr.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Sarraceniaceae
Also called California Pitcher Plant, California pitcherplant, Cobra Lily, Cobra Plant
Formerly Chrysamphora californica
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. Oregon to N. CaliforniaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: height, spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Czech
- darlingtonie kalifornská
- Finnish
- Kaliforniantötterö
- French
- Plante cobra
- Japanese
- ダーリングトニア・カリフォルニカ
- Turkish
- Kobra bitkisi
- Chinese
- 眼镜蛇草
- Tamil
- டார்லிங்டோனியா
- Bangla
- গোখরা লিলি
- Malayalam
- ഡാർലിങ്ടോണിയ കാലിഫോർണിക്ക
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
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