Common name: Wallich's Cobra Lily
Botanical name: Arisaema propinquum Family: Araceae (Arum family )
Wallich’s Cobra Lily is a species with very good resemblence to a cobra hood.
The plants grows up to 30 cm tall, with 1-2 very large, trilobed, yellowish
green leaves. The spathe, or the cobra hood, is dark purple oblong-ovate,
prominently striped with white or purple, and a nettled pattern in the upper
part, and with a narrowed tail like apex. Spadix is thick at the base, with a
long thread like appendage 8-20 cm long. Leaf stalk and stem are
brown-spotted. The bowing fruit head matures to a bright orange red in
autumn.
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