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Spider plant
Spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical forest
Range
Southern Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Runners
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Uncommon

About

A resilient houseplant with arching cream-striped leaves that produces baby plantlets dangling on long runners. NASA tested it as one of the most effective plants for filtering indoor air pollutants like formaldehyde.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Chlorophytum
Species
Chlorophytum comosum