Rattlesnake-plant
Goeppertia insignis (W.Bull ex W.E.Marshall) J.M.A.Braga, L.J.T.Cardoso & R.Couto
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 37 cm
- wide
- 34 cm
Marantaceae
Formerly Calathea lancifolia, Goeppertia lancifolia, Maranta insignis
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 23 cm to 51 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 23 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 10.2 °C (USDA zone 12a)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 4.4 °C; Wikipedia 16 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Chinese
- 箭羽竹芋, 披针肖竹芋
- Portuguese
- Maranta-Cascavel
- Russian
- Калатея ланцетолистная
- Swedish
- marmorblad
- Polish
- Kalatea lancetolistna
- Slovak
- kalatea kopijovitolistá
- Chinese (China)
- 箭羽竹芋
- French
- Plante paon
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Goeppertia insignis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.