| Scientific Name: | Aphelandra squarrosa |
| Common Name: | zebra plant |
| Family Name: | Acanthaceae |
| Origin: | Central America, Mexico, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, Yellow, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, 10-22cm long x 4-10cm wide, dark green, waxy, white veined; spikes with long yellow flowers may form in summer. | |