Polkadot-plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker
- light
- Part sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Acanthaceae
Formerly Eranthemum sanguinolentum, Hypoestes sanguinolenta
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses (28 Oct 2026)
PeopleNo safety information yet
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
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- MadagascarKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS full, part; Wikipedia part
- Height
- 30 cmRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 0.1–0.5 m; Wikipedia 30–30 cm
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 0.1–0.5 m; Wikipedia 30–30 cm
- Flowers
- Pink, magenta, purpleRead from RHS and Wikipedia, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: RHS magenta; Wikipedia pink, purple
- Coldest it survives
- 10 °C (USDA zone 12a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Polish
- Niedośpian ognisty
- Chinese
- 红点枪花药, 红点草
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Hypoestes phyllostachya (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.