Ctenanthe 'Silver Star' is a warm climate, evergreen, rhizomatous perennial with branching bamboo-like stems and oblong, pale green leaves that are veined with dark green and with a dark green edging.
The leaves are a burgundy colour on the undersides.
These are very attractive foliage plants that are most commonly grown as a pot plant indoors but can be grown as a ground cover in warmer or tropical climates.
Small white flowers with overlapping bracts appear now and again but they are inconsequential.