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Darlingtonia californica
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Daniel Keshet
Darlingtonia californica
, also called the
California
Pitcher plant
or
Cobra Lily
, is a
carnivorous plant
in the family
Sarraceniaceae
. Darlingtonia is native to
California
and
Oregon
and grows in bogs and seeps. The name Cobra Lily is from the resemblance of the tubular leaf to a rearing
Cobra
, complete with "fangs". The genus
Darlingtonia
is
monotypic
.
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