Height
1.5meter
Heliconia Rostrata
Family Name: | Heliconiaceae |
Common Name: | Fishtail Heliconia, Hanging Lobster's Claw |
Description and Ethnobotany
Growth Form | A herbaceous plant grows about 1.5 m tall. |
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Foliage | Its leaves are green, paddle-shaped. |
Flowers | Its inflorescence are pendant and grow in one plane. The bracts are bright red, with dark-green tips and yellow edges. The true flowers are tubular, yellow and half-buried in the bracts. |