About whipcord cobra lily
Arisaema tortuosum, the whipcord cobra lily, is a plant species in the family Araceae. It has a distinctive purple or green whip-like spadix which arises from the mouth of its "jack-in-the-pulpit" flower and may be up to 30 cm long. Flowers may be male or bisexual. The clustered fruits are green at first, ripening to red. The plant grows in large clumps and can be up to 2 metres in height. It occurs in rhododendron forest, scrub, and alpine meadows in the Himalayas, western China, southern India and Myanmar. The species is readily propagated from seed or offsets.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Arisaema tortuosum
- Genus
- Arisaema
- Family
- ARACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Nepali
- सर्पको मकै
Araceae
Arum family
whipcord cobra lily belongs to the Araceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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