斑葉禾葉露兜樹

植物簡介

It is a small, herbaceous, monocot groundcover, growing up to only 0.6m in height when planted in the ground. Low clumping form, aboveground stem not obvious, sending out basal runners that root upon ground contact. The leaves is linear, striped with green centre and bright yellow edges. The leaves are spirally arranged around around a hidden stem. The leaf margins and keels are armed with numerous hooked spines. The flowers are cream-coloured and produced in inconspicuous clusters on a short peduncle (inflorescence stalk). The species is dioecious (male and female flowers are found on separate plants). In Singapore, the plant seldom blooms, and only male inflorescence has been observed.