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bracketplant
Chlorophytum capense
Chlorophytum capense, the bracketplant or Cape spider plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to the eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa, and it has been introduced to Mexico, the Azores, Madeira, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. A rhizomatous perennial reaching 60 cm (24 in), it has found use as an ornamental, both in landscaping and as a houseplant. It is often confused with the common spider plant Chlorophytum comosum, but does not...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82363.