Marantaceae
Rattlesnake plant
Calathea crotalifera
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Genus
- Calathea
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 响尾蛇肖竹芋, 豹斑肖竹芋
- English
- Rattlesnake plant, Rattle shaker, Rattle shaker plant, Rattle-shaker, Rattle-shaker plant, Rattleshaker, Rattleshaker plant
Synonyms
- Calathea insignis Petersen
- Calathea insignis Petersen ex Eggers
- Calathea quadratispica Woodson
- Calathea sclerobractea K.Schum.
- Phyllodes insigne (Petersen) Kuntze
- Phyllodes insignis Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, June to September, November to January (from 78 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Plant problems
Photos
FlowerPhoto: dhfischer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luis G Restrepo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robin White, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Blake Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.