212 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Scrophulariales

► Family Acanthaceae - Acanthus family

► Subfamily Acanthoideae

► Genus Fittonia

Synonyms

≡ Adelaster albivenis (basinom) Lindl. ex hort. Veitch

(=) Fittonia argyroneura Coem.

(=) Fittonia verschaffeltii (Lem.) Van Houtte

(=) Fittonia verschaffeltii var. argyroneura (Coem.) Regel

(=) Gymnostachyum verschaffeltii Lem.

Common names

Mosaic-plant (English)

Nerveplant (English)

Painted net leaf (English)

Silver fittonia (English)

Silver net leaf (English)

Silver netplant (English)

Silver-nerve (English)

Silver-threads (English)

Snakeskinplant (English)

Description

Tiny pale yellow bilabiate flower emerging from a short upright bracted spike. A spreading ornamental herb with leaves intricately veined white.