Dancing Crane Cobra Lily Arisaema heterophyllum
- Phonetic Spelling
- air-uh-SEE-muh het-er-oh-FY-luh
- Description
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Dancing Crane Cobra Lily is a Jack-in-the-Pulpit type of bulb, native to Asia. This plant is esteemed in Japan for its appearance as well as its ease of culture, in a well-drained, open, humus-rich soil in partial shade. The majority of Arisaema species grow in humus-rich, well-aerated soils in mountain, meadows, and slopes as well as open spots in lowland to high altitude woods. A few species grow in pure, loamy soils in sunny, rock crevices. Dancing Crane Cobra Lily is generally found in forests, thickets, and grasslands.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Arisaema
- Species:
- heterophyllum
- Family:
- Araceae
- Life Cycle:
- Bulb
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China, eastern Asia
- Fire Risk Rating:
- low flammability
- Dimensions:
- Height: 2 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 8 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Bulb
- Epiphyte
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit/Form:
- Columnar
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Low
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- High Organic Matter
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- Less than 12 inches
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Red/Burgundy
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Type:
- Berry
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Green
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Spadix
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Irregular
- Flower Petals:
- Bracts
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Green and purple spathe in the shape of a pitcher with a 1' long spadix that bends out of the pitcher.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Other/more complex
- Leaf Shape:
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- The horseshoe-shaped leaf has 12 or more ovate leaflets.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Meadow
- Naturalized Area
- Riparian
- Slope/Bank
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Shade Garden
