Darlingtonia State Natural Site Maps

Darlingtonia State Natural Site Description

Darlingtonia State Natural Site is the only Oregon state park property dedicated to the protection of a single plant species. Concurrently, the plants it protects are the only carnivorous flora in the system. This 18-acre botanical park provides parking and a boardwalk trail out into a fen that is home to Darlingtonia californica. Also called a cobra lily, the rare, strangely-shaped plant is the only member of the pitcher plant family (Sarraceniaceae) in Oregon. What visitors see in this little garden of multi-colored horrors (for insects), is a plant with yellowish green hooded leaves that