Bent alligator-flag
தாலியா ஜெனிகுலேட்டா
Thalia geniculata L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 1.7 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Marantaceae
Formerly Maranta flexuosa, Maranta geniculata, Renealmia geniculata, Thalia angustifolia, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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- Grows as
- Rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Wet tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. Africa, SE. U.S.A. to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Florida Native Plant Society and Top Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 1.2 m to 2.1 mRead from Florida Native Plant Society and Top Tropicals, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Florida Native Plant Society 6–9 ft; Top Tropicals 2–5 ft
- Spread
- 91 cm to 3.0 mRead from Florida Native Plant Society, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Florida Native Plant Society and Top Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- Purple, blueRead from Florida Native Plant Society and Top Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -9.4 °C (USDA zone 8b)Read from Florida Native Plant Society and Top Tropicals, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Florida Native Plant Society -12.2 °C; Top Tropicals -6.7 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 垂花再力花, 垂花水竹芋
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 垂花水竹芋
- Tamil
- தாலியா ஜெனிகுலேட்டா
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Florida Native Plant Society, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Top Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 4.0
- 3D model: Thalia geniculata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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