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Alpinia arctiflora
Also called Pleated ginger
Snow ginger (Alpinia arctiflora) is a rhizomatous ginger from the wet tropical rainforests of north-east Queensland, grown for its foliage and ornamental white flower bracts. Keep it moist and shaded in a humid, frost-free spot.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alpinia arctiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
