Costaceae
Costus claviger
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Costus
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Synonyms
- Costus bracteatus Gleason
- Costus guianicus Loes.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March, November (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: thomas_oswald, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.