English: Seersucker plant.
German: Seersucker-Pflanze.
Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Monocots, Commelinids, Commelinales, Commelinaceae.
Region: western Amazon, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia.
Habitat: Lowland tropical rainforests; shaded, humid understory; groundcover.
Content: a distinctive 6-celled stomatal complex characteristic of the genus.
Use: ornamental, in terraria, for its dark metallic foliage, adaptability to lower light conditions.

BotanyType: herb; evergreen; perennial; groundcover.
Root: tuberous roots; short, branching underground rhizomes that penetrate the soil.
Stem: short, prostrate to ascending; prominent nodes and internodes; covered in minute brown hairs; capable of sending out suckers/offsets.
Leaves: broad; ovate to elliptic; fleshy leaves; 8–13 cm long; puckered or rippled texture; upper surface is dark green with subtle metallic sheen and stripes; the underside is a deep, rich burgundy-purple.
Inflorescence: dense cymes; emerging from the lower nodes, sometimes from near the base or ground level.
Flowers: small; delicate; three upper hairy stamens; three longer, smooth lower stamens.
Pollination: by small insects.
Fruit: small ;capsules or pods containing seeds.
Seed: small.
Dispersion: by gravity, animals.