English: Nerve plant; Mosaic plant.
Clades:
Acanthaceae.
Region: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, northern Brazil.
Habitat: rainforest; fertile soils or substrates based on peat; moist area with mild sunlight; intolerant of temperatures below 10 °C.
Content: DMT.
Use: ornamental, houseplant, groundcover.
BotanyHerb; evergreen; perennial; creeping; up to 15 cm tall.
Leaves: lush dark green; ovate; 7 to 10 cm long; with white to deep pink, to red or carmine-red, accented veins.
Stems: short fuzz covering; small buds appear where the stem splits into leaves.
Flowers: small; white to off-white.