| Scientific Name: | Hypoestes phyllostachya |
| Common Name: | polka-dot plant |
| Family Name: | Acanthaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - tropical |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Violet, Purple, Pink, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, most 4-7cm long x 2-3cm wide, green or red with heavily spotted white, pink or red dots between the leaf veins. | |