Plant Identification Learning Module:
Flowers and Foliage

Zebra Plant (Aphelandra squarrosa)

Zebra plants have shiny, dark green oppositeelliptic 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.


Zebra Plant
Photo by Wayne Ray, 2004.


Zebra plant flower
© James Manhart, TAMU Herbarium, Texas A&M University