WorldFloraDB - Darlingtonia californica

Characteristics

Pitchers with white areolae, 4-6(-10) dm, neck ca. 1 cm. Scapes 5-10 dm; bracts yellowish, 1-3.5 cm. Flowers: sepals yellow-green, 3-6 cm; petals reddish brown with larger veins darker, 3.5 cm; stamens 10 mm; filaments 5 mm; abaxial anther sacs 6 mm, adaxial ones 4 mm; ovary 1.5 × 0.5 cm at base, to 1.3 cm diam. at apex; style 5 mm, lobes 3 × 1 mm. Capsules 3.5-4.5 × 1-2.5 cm. Seeds 2-3 × 1 mm. 2n = 30.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.25 - 0.55

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Light
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	insecticide medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	23 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-