Zingiberaceae

Dancing girl

Globba marantina L.

Family: Zingiberaceae
Genus: Globba

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Dancing girl (Globba marantina) — FlowerPhoto: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 帝汶舞花姜, 毛舞花姜, 北沙参
English: Dancing girl
Finnish: Viherhuiskio

Synonyms

Ceratanthera amomoides Hornem.
Colebrookia bulbifera Donn
Globba angcorensis Gagnep.
Globba barthei Gagnep.
Globba barthei var. pauciflora Gagnep.
Globba heterobractea K.Schum.
Globba strobilifera Zoll. & Moritzi
Globba timorensis K.Schum.
Globba zollingeri Gagnep.

Flowers

In flower: February, July to August (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ian Cowie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.