Cobra Plants, Darlingtonia californica
The Cobra Plant is restricted to nutrient-poor acidic bogs and seepage slopes within its range. In common with most carnivorous plants, the cobra lily is adapted to supplementing its nitrogen requirements through carnivory which helps to compensate for the lack of available nitrogen in such habitats. It was discovered in 1841 by the botanist William D. Brackenridge at Mount Shasta. In 1853 it was described by John Torrey, who named the genus Darlingtonia after the Philadelphian botanist William Darlington (1782-1863).
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