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Chlorophytum comosum
Sign in to saveAlso known as fresa, limon, frijol, uva, culantro, lechuga
species of plant
Species
Spider plant
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Common Name: spider plant
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 377
- With media
- 289
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Collections
- O, IBUNAM, MEL, ASU, CM, NCSC
- Recorded in
- Uganda, Mexico, Australia, United States, Guatemala, Portugal, Kenya
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- perennial plant
- Parent taxon
- Chlorophytum
- Image
- Malamadre (Chlorophytum comosum).jpg
- Has use
- houseplant
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- Chlorophytum comosum
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- Chlorophytum comosum
- taxon common name
- Walking Anthericum
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- foliage type
- evergreen plant
- short name
- C. comosum
- taxon author citation
- (Thunb.) Jacques
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Encyclopedic overview
Chlorophytum comosum, usually called spider plant or common spider plant due to its spider-like look, also known as spider ivy, airplane plant, ribbon plant (a name it shares with Dracaena sanderiana), and hen and chicks, is a species of evergreen perennial flowering plant of the family Asparagaceae. It is native to tropical and Southern Africa but has become naturalized in other parts of the world, including Western Australia and Bangladesh. Chlorophytum comosum is easy to grow as a houseplant because of its resilience, but it can be sensitive to the fluoride in tap water, which commonly gives it "burnt tips". Variegated forms are the most popular.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chlorophytum comosum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.