Freshwater
Fittonia albivenis
Acanthaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Not an aquatic plant
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Introduced to Bangladesh, El Salvador, Marianas, Myanmar (Burma), and Trinidad & Tobago.
More about the species
Description
Fittonia albivenis is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to the rainforests of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and northern Brazil. An evergreen perennial, it is notable for its dark green foliage with strongly contrasting white or red veins. It is commonly called nerve plant or mosaic plant. In temperate regions where the temperature falls below 10 °C (50 °F) it must be grown as a houseplant.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Adelaster albivenis
- Adelaster albovenosus
- Eranthemum rubronervium
- Eranthemum rubrovenium
- Eranthemum verschaffeltii
- Fittonia argyroneura
In other languages
- Åderblad
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