Goeppertia rufibarba

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Goeppertia}}

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|image=Furry Feather (Calathea rufibarba) (3073332096) (2).jpg

|image_caption=At the United States Botanic Garden

|genus=Goeppertia

|species=rufibarba

|authority=(Fenzl) Borchs. & S.Suárez

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|synonyms=

• Calathea rufibarba Fenzl
• Phyllodes rufibarba (Fenzl) Kuntze

}}

Goeppertia rufibarba (syn. Calathea rufibarba), the furry feather or velvet calathea, is a species of flowering plant in the Marantaceae family, native to Bahia state of northeastern Brazil.{{cite POWO |id=0461321-2 |title=Goeppertia rufibarba (Fenzl) Borchs. & S.Suárez }}{{cite web |url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=494199 |title=Goeppertia rufibarba |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}}{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/details/species/id/7253642 |title=Species details |work=Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist}} The plant's common names are due to its fuzzy, fur-like underleaf texture, which is unusual in its genus.{{citation |title=Kew Bulletin, Volume 11 |work=Kew Bulletin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyNXAAAAMAAJ |year=1897 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |page=403}}{{cite book |author=Lisa Eldred Steinkopf |title=Houseplants: The Complete Guide to Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Indoor Plants |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XMA2DwAAQBAJ |date=23 October 2017 |publisher=Cool Springs Press |isbn=978-1-59186-690-9 |page=261}} Common as a houseplant, the species requires warm temperatures, shade, and humidity to thrive, and may produce small yellow flowers.{{cite book |author=DK |title=How to Grow Practically Everything |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmAuHkA7KjgC |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-0-7566-7001-6 |page=381}}{{citation |title=Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 123 |author=Sir William Jackson Hooker |work=Curtis's Botanical Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVBNAAAAYAAJ |year=1897 |publisher=Academic Press}} It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web |title=Goeppertia rufibarba |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/357240/Goeppertia-rufibarba/Details |date=2021 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=8 May 2021 }}