Region: tropical; Western Hemisphere.
Region: Mexico, middle America.
Habitat: prefers moist soils.
Use: ornamental, flowers, leaves.
BotanyHerb.
Leaves: narrow, linear; fan arrangement, fountain-like; glossy, hairless; rippled texture, parallel venation.
Inflorescence: spike like under full sun, branched inflorescence under semi-shade.
Flowers: small; egg-shaped buds; white; tubular; hang down; open slightly at the tip.