Sarraceniaceae
California Pitcher plant
Darlingtonia californica
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Darlingtonia
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Common names
By language (29)
- arz
- دارلينجتونيا كاليفورنيكا
- Bangla
- গোখরা লিলি
- Belarusian
- Дарлінгтонія
- Bulgarian
- Дарлингтония, Калифорнийска дарлингтония
- Burmese
- ကယ်လီဖိုးနီးယား ရေကရားပင်
- Cantonese
- 眼镜蛇草, 加州瓶子草, 眼鏡蛇植物, 眼鏡蛇百合
- Chinese
- 眼鏡蛇瓶子草, 眼镜蛇瓶子草, 眼镜蛇草, 加州瓶子草, 眼鏡蛇植物, 眼鏡蛇瓶子草屬, 眼鏡蛇百合, 眼镜蛇植物
- Czech
- Darlingtonie kalifornská, Darlingtonie
- English
- California Pitcher plant, California pitcherplant, Cobra lily, Cobra plant
- Esperanto
- Kalifornia darlingtonio
- Finnish
- Kaliforniantötterö
- French
- Plante cobra
- Georgian
- Დარლინგტონია
- German
- Kobralilie, Draculapflanze, Kobra-Lilie, Kobrapflanze
- hak
- Ngién kiang sà phiâng chṳ́ chhó, Ngién kiang sà chhṳ̍t-vu̍t, Ngién kiang sà pak ha̍p
- Hebrew
- דרלינגטוניה, שושנת הקוברה
- Hungarian
- Sisakos légycsapda, Kobraliliom
- Indonesian
- Lili kobra
- Japanese
- ダーリングトニア・カリフォルニカ, ダーリングトニア
- Lithuanian
- Kaliforninė darlingtonija, Darlingtonija
- Malay
- Periuk kera California, Bakung tedung, Pokok tedung
- Malayalam
- ഡാർലിങ്ടോണിയ കാലിഫോർണിക്ക
- Persian
- کوزهای کالیفرنیا
- Portuguese
- Darlingtonia
- Russian
- Дарлингтония, Дарлингтония калифорнийская
- Slovak
- Darlingtónia, Darlingtónia kalifornská
- Tamil
- டார்லிங்டோனியா
- Turkish
- Kobra bitkisi
- Uzbek
- Darlingtoniya
Synonyms
- Chrysamphora californica (Torr.) Greene
- Darlingtonia californica f. viridiflora B.Rice
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 458 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Scott Yarger, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marie Richie from Portland, Cascadia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken Kneidel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Feloidea, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Langdon-Lassagne, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Linconao, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toby, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.