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Costus malortieanus
Costus elegans, known as stepladder plant, spiral ginger, or spiral flag, is a species of perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Costaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Costus elegans is often cultivated as an ornamental plant.
From the article Costus elegans on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Costus elegans has large felty leaves and grows up to 1 meter tall. The ligule is short. Flowers are formed at the terminal ends of stalks. The corollas are creamy white to yellow and have red-striped labellum wings.
Range & habitat
It is native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Costus elegans has been introduced in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and on the island of Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 345992.