Biology:Arisaema ringens

Arisaema ringens
	Flower
	Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Arisaema
Species:	A. ringens
Binomial name
	Arisaema ringens; (Thunb.) Schott
Synonyms
	List Alocasia ringens (Thunb.) Raf.; Arisaema arisanensis Hayata; Arisaema glaucescens (Nakai) Nakai; Arisaema glaucescens var. viridiflorum Nakai; Arisaema praecox de Vriese ex K.Koch; Arisaema ringens var. glaucescens Nakai; Arisaema ringens var. praecox (de Vriese ex K.Koch) Engl.; Arisaema ringens var. sieboldii (de Vriese ex K.Koch) Engl.; Arisaema ringens var. viridiflorum Nakai; Arisaema serotinum Miq. ex Franch. & Sav.; Arisaema sieboldii de Vriese ex K.Koch; Arisaema sierotium Siebold ex Regel; Arisaema taihokense Hosok.; Arum ringens Thunb.; Ringentiarum glaucescens (Nakai) Nakai; Ringentiarum ringens (Thunb.) Nakai; Ringentiarum ringens var. sieboldii (de Vriese ex K.Koch) Nakai; ;

Short description: Species of plant

Arisaema ringens, the Japanese cobra lily (a name it shares with Arisaema sikokianum), is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to the Zhoushan Islands of China, Taiwan, South Korea, central Japan, and the Ryukyu Islands.^[1]^[2] A tuberous geophyte reaching 45 cm (18 in), in the wild they are found at low elevations in forests.^[3] A dioecious species, it is pollinated by flies.^[2] In the garden it needs moist, humus-rich soil, and is hardy in USDA zones 6 through 9.^[4]