Plant Identification Learning Module:
Flowers and Foliage
Zebra Plant (Aphelandra squarrosa)
Zebra plants have shiny, dark green opposite, elliptic leaves on one to two foot stems. The glossy leaves have pointed tips and conspicuous white striping along the veins. White to yellow two-lipped flowers emerge from yellow bracts in clusters atop the main stem.
Photo by Wayne Ray, 2004.
Courtesy of the Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
© James Manhart, TAMU Herbarium, Texas A&M University
