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Cobra lily

Arisaema ringens (Thunb.) Schott

Family
Araceae
Genus
Arisaema

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Cobra lily (Arisaema ringens)
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)
Cantonese
雪里见
Chinese
小天南星, 普陀南星, 油跋, 申跋, 雪里见, 台北南星, 阿里山南星
English
Cobra lily
hak
Phú thò nàm sên

Synonyms

  • Alocasia ringens (Thunb.) Raf.
  • Arisaema arisanense Hayata
  • Arisaema arisanensis Hayata
  • Arisaema glaucescens (Nakai) Nakai
  • Arisaema glaucescens var. viridiflorum Nakai
  • Arisaema praecax de Vriese
  • Arisaema praecox de Vriese ex K.Koch
  • Arisaema ringens f. praecox (de Vriese) T.Koyama
  • Arisaema ringens var. glaucescens Nakai
  • Arisaema ringens var. praecox (de Vriese ex K.Koch) Engl.
  • Arisaema ringens var. sieboldii (de Vriese ex K.Koch) Engl.
  • Arisaema ringens var. viridiflorum Nakai
  • Arisaema serotinum Miq. ex Franch. & Sav.
  • Arisaema serotinum Siebold ex Talou
  • Arisaema sieboldii de Vriese ex K.Koch
  • Arisaema sierotium Siebold ex Regel
  • Arisaema taihokense Hosok.
  • Arum ringens Thunb.
  • Ringentiarum glaucescens (Nakai) Nakai
  • Ringentiarum ringens (Thunb.) Nakai
  • Ringentiarum ringens var. sieboldii (de Vriese ex K.Koch) Nakai

Flowers

In flower
January to April (from 155 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.