Introductory
SPECIES: Darlingtonia californica | California Pitcher Plant 



ABBREVIATION : 
DARCAL

SYNONYMS : 
   Chrysamphora californica


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   DACA5


COMMON NAMES : 
   California pitcher plant
   cobra plant
   California pitcher
   cobra lily


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of California pitcher plant is
Darlingtonia californica Torr. [16].


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
California pitcher plant is listed as threatened in the Family Lists of
Candidate Endangered and Threatened Plant Species in the Continental
United States (Smithsonian Institution 1975) [9].  It is also on List
Four, Plants of Limited Distribution--A Watch List, of the California
Native Plant Society [17].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
M. F. Crane, October 1990


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Crane, M. F. 1990. Darlingtonia californica. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Darlingtonia californica | California Pitcher Plant