Marantaceae
Pampano
Calathea lutea
- Family
- Marantaceae
- Genus
- Calathea
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 雪茄竹芋, 黄柄肖竹芋
- English
- Pampano
- Esperanto
- Flava kalateo
- Indonesian
- Lobuli
- Italian
- Bijao
- Japanese
- カラテア・ルテア
- Spanish
- Bijao
Synonyms
- Calathea cachibou (Jacq.) Lindl. ex Horan.
- Calathea discolor G.Mey.
- Calathea magnifica C.V.Morton
- Maranta argentea W.Bull
- Maranta cachibou Jacq.
- Maranta casupo Jacq.
- Maranta disticha Buchoz
- Maranta lutea Aubl.
- Phrynium casupo Roscoe
- Phrynium luteum (Aubl.) Sweet
- Phyllodes lutea (Aubl.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- January to April, October to November (from 57 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Plant problems
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fives, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: henri delozanne, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gonzalez Edgar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Mesa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Melo Rodriguez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Calathea
- Rattlesnake plantCalathea crotaliferaMarantaceae
- Calathea lasiostachyaMarantaceae
- Calathea marantinaMarantaceae
- Calathea casupitoMarantaceae
- Calathea hagbergiiMarantaceae
- Calathea anulqueMarantaceae
- Calathea congestaMarantaceae
- Calathea erythrolepisMarantaceae
- Calathea guzmanioidesMarantaceae
- Calathea ischnosiphonoidesMarantaceae
- Calathea lanicaulisMarantaceae
- Calathea lateralisMarantaceae
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.