Spotted begonia

Appearance

B. maculata is a fibrous-rooted species with erect stems to 1m. Foliage is green with silvery-white spots above, red below and has a heart-shaped base, a wavy texture and an undulate margin. Flowers are pale pink or white and are held in pendulous groups in summer; female flowers are more numerous than male ones and tepal sizes are unequal.

Naming

Synonyms
Begonia aculeata Walp.
Begonia argyrostigma Fisch. ex Link & Otto
Begonia corallina Carrière
Begonia dichroa Sprague
Begonia maculata var. argentea (Klotzsch) A.DC.
Begonia maculata f. argentea (Klotzsch) Voss
Begonia maculata var. elegantissima Fotsch
Begonia maculata var. wightii Fotsch
Begonia punctata Steud., nom. inval.
Gaerdtia argentea Klotzsch
Gaerdtia maculata (Raddi) Klotzsch