This is a genus of lovely herbaceous perennials, often known as the 'Bridal Wreath', with tall, narrow spikes packed with four-petalled flowers above evergreen rosettes of crinkly foliage. There are white- and pink-flowered forms, but all tend to have a darker stripe along the centre line of each petal. They originally came from Chile.

Francoa sonchifolia 'Alba' is a white flowered variety (but with a pink line on each petal) of the 'Bridal Wreath'.