Goeppertia zebrina, the zebra plant, is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae, native to southeastern Brazil. It is sometimes known by the synonym Calathea zebrina. Goeppertia zebrina has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Zebra-plant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Goeppertia lietzei
- Ctenanthe burle-marxii
- Goeppertia albertii
- Goeppertia makoyana
- Goeppertia veitchiana
- Goeppertia warszewiczii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Zingiberales
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Genus
- Goeppertia
- Species
- Goeppertia zebrina
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