Costaceae
Spiral ginger
Costus pulverulentus
- Family
- Costaceae
- Genus
- Costus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 美叶姜
- English
- Spiral ginger, Red cigar
Synonyms
- Costus formosus C.V.Morton
- Costus laxus Petersen
- Costus ruber C.Wright ex Griseb.
- Costus sanguineus Donn.Sm.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to August, October (from 66 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Noah Yawn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jake Rehage, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Corey Stafford, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: andrew2285, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zac Peterson, 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.