Scientific Name: Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoviana
Common Name: prayer plant, rabbit tracks
Family Name: Marantaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Horizontal, Irregular, Spreading
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure:
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Raceme, White, Violet, Mar
Fruit: Capsule, Brown
Key ID Features:
Trailing tropical plant; leaves alternate, elliptic with squarish dark green patches with triangular notches arranged along the midrib.