TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Alpinia rugosa
Evergreen Broadleaf GingerFamily: Zingiberaceae
This is a semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with subterranean stems and leafy stalks that grow to about three feet tall. The leaves are spectacularly ruffled.
Similar plants:
- Alpinia argentea (Yellow Ginger Lily )
- Alpinia formosana x zerumbet Variegata (Variegated ginger)
- Alpinia galanga, Languas galanga (Galanga Root, Galangal, Thai Ginger, Laos )
- Alpinia gigantifolia, Zingiber gigantifolium (Red Ginger Lily)
- Alpinia henryi 'Pink Perfection' (Pink porcelain lily)
- Alpinia luteocarpa (Red Bamboo Ginger)
- Alpinia malaccensis (Rathkihiriya)
- Alpinia nutans, Alpinia speciosa (Shell ginger, Pink porcelain lily, Narrow-Leaf Cinnamon Ginger, Shellflower, Dwarf cardamom, False cardamom)
- Alpinia officinarum (Lesser Galangal)
- Alpinia purpurata (Red Ginger Lily, Ostrich Plume, Red Cone Ginger)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/alpinia_rugosa.htm