Common name: Jacquemont's Cobra Lily
Botanical name: Arisaema jacquemontii Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Jacquemont's Cobra Lily is a perennial which grows to a height of 0.6m and a
width of 30-50 cm. Leaves 1 or 2. Leaflets 5-7, elliptic-ovate or
elliptic-lanceolate. Spathe green, white-streaked, as long as or longer than
the foliage; tube cylindric, 3.7-5.5 cm long. The spathe has a long acute
apex. Spadix included in the spathe. The thread-like appendage is rather
stout, curved. Berries globose, 4-4.5 mm broad, red when mature.
| Photographed in Kufri, Himachal Pradesh. |
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