Costus scaber

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Botanical details

Family: Costaceae
Native to the UK: No
Potentially harmful
Genus: Costus
Genus description: Costus are rhizomatous perennials with spirally arranged leaves and tubular, 3-petalled flowers usually in terminal clusters on leafy shoots and often with showy bracts
Name status: Unresolved

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