Scientific Name: Maranta leuconeura 'Erythroneura'
Common Name: red-veined prayer plant, herringbone plant
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, Pendulous
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure:
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Oblong, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White
Fruit: Capsule, Brown
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, broadly elliptic, most 12-14cm long x 7-8cm wide, dark green with yellowish-green variegation along the red midrib, major veins red and parallel, margins entire and fold together at night.