Plant
- Tender perennials
- Up to 5' tall
Stem
- Alternate leaf arrangement
Leaf
- Large, up to 2' long and 6" wide
- Alternate, simple
- Smooth-edged
- Sheathing petiole
- Green, purple, variegated with yellow
Flower
- Large, up to 4" wide
- Upright
- White, yellow, red, pink, orange
Rhizome
- Propagated by rhizomes (underground horizontal stem)
