Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA
Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA
Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA
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Calathea crotalifera 'Giant Rattlesnake'
Common name:
Giant Rattlesnake Plant
Family:
Marantaceae (Prayer-plant Family)
Distribution:
Tropical America
Life form:
Herbaceous Tropical
Comments:
The leaves of this plant were used by the indigeonous people of Costa Rica to wrap their dead. The unsual flower heads resemble the rattle of rattlesnakes.
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Conservatory
• Accession: 2015-658 • Provenance: Garden
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Individual