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Chlorophytum comosum

COMMON NAME

Spider plant

TYPE

Low Foliage

FAMILY

Asparagaceae

NOTES

Linear leaves that are green or striped white. Flowering stems bear loose panicles of small, white, starry flowers. Plantlets are formed at the flowering nodes. When plants are full, they have an interesting, graceful, cascading habit.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Southern Africa

NATIVE HABITAT

Often grows in dominant stands in forested moist river valleys

WEB SOURCES

wikipedia.org

pza.sanbi.org

missouribotanicalgarden.org



Chlorophytum comosum