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Cast-Iron Plant
Cast-Iron Plant
Aspidistra elatior
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
East Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The cast-iron plant earns its name by thriving in conditions that would kill almost any other houseplant — deep shade, dust, drought, and temperature swings barely slow it down. Its small, waxy purple flowers bloom at soil level and are pollinated by slugs and fungi rather than insects.

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
Aspidistra
Species
Aspidistra elatior