Zingiberaceae
Kaempferia
Kaempferia rotunda
- Family
- Zingiberaceae
- Genus
- Kaempferia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Kaempferia
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 46 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: fede2cr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elías Torres Arroyo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ramesh Shenai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.