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Arisaema murrayi
Murray's cobra lily is a tuberous woodland plant from the Western Ghats and parts of the Himalaya, with a hooded flower that resembles a cobra. It grows best in dappled shade with a rest period in the dry season.
Arisaema murrayi, commonly called Murray's cobra lily or snake lily, is a species of flowering plant. It got its name due to its flower which often resembles with cobra snake's hood.
In the Indian subcontinent, Murray's Cobra Lily is primarily distributed across the Himalayan regions and the Western Ghats. It typically grows as understory vegetation in hilly forests and on gentle open slopes among shrubs, being especially abundant in Mahabaleshwar. The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 600 to 1200 meters above sea level.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
