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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Gingers, Bananas, and Allies
  6. Spiral Gingers and Allies
  7. Spiral Gingers

genus

Spiral Gingers

Costus

Traits
Includes
0 native 5 introduced 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children 24 of 27

  • Red Button Ginger introduced
  • Red Cigar present
  • Red Tower Ginger present
  • Costus spiralis present
  • Indian Head Ginger introduced
  • Spiral Flag
  • Costus laevis
  • Costus arabicus
  • Costus guanaiensis present
  • Costus montanus
  • Costus present
  • African Princess present
  • African Spiral Flag present
  • Costus spectabilis
  • Stepladder Plant
  • Spiral Flag present
  • Costus stenophyllus
  • Indian Head Ginger
  • Red Rose Ginger
  • Costus productus
  • Costus barbatus
  • Costus amazonicus
  • Costus longibracteolatus
  • Costus erythrophyllus

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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