Plantsnap – Identify Plants, Trees, Mushrooms With An App

Wild Plantain (Heliconia vaginalis)

Description

Heliconia vaginalis is a species ofthe Helikonia family (Heliconiaceae). It is distributed from Costa Rica to Heliconia vaginalis is a slender to clumpy, evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant , vegetatively similar to a ginger or canna plant and with a stature of 2 to 5 meters. Each sprout has eight to ten leaves . The longest leaf per sprout is up to 90 centimeters long and 17 centimeters wide

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Zingiberales

            • Family: Heliconiaceae

              • Genus: Heliconia