A tropical perennial, with fleshy rhizomes, an upright habit and thin, lance-shaped green leaves with dark red midribs and pointed tips. Tiny, tubular flowers are encased in a cupped rosette of bracts at the end of flowering stems in summer; the upper bracts are bright pink with reddish purple tips
Position
Soil Types
Max Height
0.5-1 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres