zebra plant
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Aphelandra_squarrosa.jpg.webp)
Aphelandra squarrosa
![](Images/wiktionary/CalatheaZebrina.jpg.webp)
Calathea zebrina
Noun
zebra plant (plural zebra plants)
- Any of several species of tropical plants with contrasting patterns of light and dark on their leaves, which are grown as houseplants, especially:
- Aphelandra squarrosa (saffron spike)
- Calathea zebrina (syn. Goeppertia zebrina)
- Cryptanthus zonatus
- Aechmea chantinii (Amazonian zebra plant)
- Haworthiopsis attenuata (syn. Haworthia attenuata; zebra haworthia)
References
zebra plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia