| Scientific Name: | Heliconia spp. |
| Common Name: | heliconia, lobster claw |
| Family Name: | Heliconiaceae |
| Origin: | Central America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 11: (above 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, Orange, Yellow, Green, Pink, Red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Blue, Purple, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Plants with leaf features similar to canna, bird of paradise, and banana; leaves of most locally grown indoor species are 15-100cm long, elliptic to ovate; inflorescence erect or drooping, spike-like with florets mostly enclosed in brightly coloured bracts and 6 tepals. | |