General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches (30-45cm)
Plant Spread: 12 to 24 inches (30-60cm)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Other: Two tripartite leaves.
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Spathe variously striped shades of red/pink and white to all white striped.
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant contain calcium oxalate crystals, an irritant to the mouth and esophagus. Toxic to cats and dogs.
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Remove seed(s) from berry which contains chemicals that inhibit germination.
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Other: Tubers (or corms depending on authority) offset freely.
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Striped Cobra Lily
  • Chinese Jack-in-the-Pulpit

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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-06-20
Location: No.Calif amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2007-05-07

Date: May 24, 2011 4:01 PM
Location: Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: Jun 16, 2009 4:10 PM
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2019-06-17
Arisaema candidissimum 白苞南星
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-06-20
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2020-06-20
Arisaema candidissimum 白苞南星
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2020-06-18
Arisaema candidissimum 白苞南星
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2020-06-19
Arisaema candidissimum 白苞南星

Photo courtesy of: Rod Waddington

Photo credit: Peter Coxhead via Wikimedia Commons

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Photo Courtesy of Shikoku Garden Inc.
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Photo of the entire plant of Striped Cobra Lily (Arisaema candidissimum) posted by Fleur569 Mar 3, 2015 4:05 PM 1

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