Chlorophytum comosum(Thunb.) Jacques

Spider plant

WFO wfo-0000763291 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY In the accuracy benchmark

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan
fig. a Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 194458192
Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by Krystal
fig. b Krystal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179217020
Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. c Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173582946
Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. d Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175296180
Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. e naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192507048
Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by Kiri Bee
fig. f Kiri Bee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197997071
Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. g Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107840438
Chlorophytum comosum, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. h Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162031715

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Flowering n = 372 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 372 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anthericum comosum Thunb.
  • Anthericum longituberosum Poelln.
  • Anthericum sternbergianum Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Anthericum vallis-trappii Poelln.
  • Caesia comosa (Thunb.) Spreng.
  • Chlorophytum brevipes Baker
  • Chlorophytum bukobense Engl.
  • Chlorophytum bukobense var. kilimandscharicum Engl.
  • Chlorophytum burchellii Baker
  • Chlorophytum delagoense Baker
  • Chlorophytum elatulum Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum elgonense Bullock
  • Chlorophytum gazense Rendle
  • Chlorophytum glaucidulum Engl. ex Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum glaucidulum var. pauper Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum inopinum Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum kirkii Baker
  • Chlorophytum limurense Rendle
  • Chlorophytum longum Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum magnum Peter ex Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum miserum Rendle
  • Chlorophytum nemorosum Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum paludicola Poelln.
  • Chlorophytum ramiferum Rendle

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.