Species · genus Chlorophytum · Asparagaceae

Spider Plant

Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques

Also known as: Spider Ivy · Hen And Chickens · Ribbonplant · Spiderplant · Bracket Plant

Growth habit

perennial

Native range

Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Reference · C. comosum

Cultivars of C. comosum

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under C. comosum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

A herbaceous perennial from sub-Saharan and southern African woodlands, it grows from fleshy, water-storing roots that hold reserves through dry spells. Give it bright, indirect light and let the top inch of mix dry before watering, since those tuberous roots rot if kept soggy. Ordinary household humidity suits it.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–27 °C

Soil mix

Loose, well-draining all-purpose potting mix

Propagation

Plantlets from runners rooted in water or soil

Fertilizing

Diluted liquid feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Small white flowers on arching runners

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Non-toxic to cats & dogs

Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) — ASPCA non-toxic; the genus carries no toxic principle. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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