Spider plant
സ്പൈഡർ പ്ലാന്റ്
Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 50 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Bracket plant, Hen-and-Chicks, Green Hen And Chickens, Hen And Chickens, Hen-And-Chickens
Formerly Anthericum comosum, Anthericum longituberosum, Anthericum picturatum, Anthericum sternbergianum, and 30 more
When it flowers
Flowers July to February in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. Trop. Africa to Cameroon, Ethiopia to S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 46 cm to 53 cmRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 1–1.5 ft; Wikipedia 60–60 cm
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension white, yellow; Wikipedia green, white
- Coldest it survives
- -2.3 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -6.7 °C; Wikipedia 2 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Arabian jasmineFlowers March to June, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers March to June, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers March to June, when this does not
Bush Morning GloryFlowers March to June, when this does not
Calabur treeFlowers March to June, when this does not
Candelabra BushFlowers March to June, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 吊蘭, 吊兰
- Spanish
- Mala madre, lazo de amor, Cinta
- Chinese (China)
- 吊兰
- German
- Grünlilie
- Japanese
- オリヅルラン, 折鶴蘭, ボニー
- Russian
- Хлорофитум хохлатый
- Indonesian
- Lili Paris, Tanaman
- Portuguese
- Clorofito
- Italian
- Falangio, Nastrino
- Czech
- zelenec chocholatý
- Lithuanian
- Kuokštinis chlorofitas
- Swedish
- ampellilja, Ampellilja
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-28, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Chlorophytum comosum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.