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Sikkim Cobra Lily

Arisaema utile

Photo by Harsha Singh
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Field Notes

Description:

This very intriguing plant has a flower that is shaped like an extended hood of a Cobra. The leaves of Sikkim Cobra Lily are divided into three large leaflets. The middle one is rhombic to almost circular. The flower has large outer bract enclosing the flower-head, known as the spathe. The spathe is purple in colour with white stripes. A thread-like appendage, 15-22 cm long, longer than the spathe, extends forward from within the bract. Flowering: June July.

Habitat:

Western Himalayas.

Notes:

It grows in abundance along with other two aroids in the forests of western Himalayas at 2000 mt above sea level.

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Arisaema utile - Sikkim Cobra Lily

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Comments (3)
DrNamgyalTSherpa
What a strange co-incidence Harsha, you'd already spotted Sikkim Cobra Lily in HP. Nature knows no boundaries!
Harsha Singh
Thank you, Andrea. They look great in the forest.
Andrea Lim
Very interesting and unusual. Good spotting!

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Himalayan Biodiversity
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Herbs & Spices – Source Plants
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PublishedJuly 15, 2013

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