How to identify southwestern spider plants

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1. Leaves

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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Leaves: long or strip-lanceolate to nearly lanceolate, about 8-60 cm long and 0.6-2 cm wide. Flowers: solitary or in clusters of 2-3, usually in racemes, less often panicles, white in color. Fruit: The capsule is triangular and obovate, rarely subspherical.

1. Leaves

1. Leaves

The leaves of Chlorophytum vary greatly in shape, from initially long or strip-like to almost lanceolate, with a length of about 8-60 cm and a width of about 0.6- 2 cm, the base sometimes narrows into a stalk shape.

2. Flowers

Southwestern Chlorophytum The scape is usually longer than the leaves, and the flowers are white in color, solitary or clustered with 2-3 flowers. They usually form a raceme with few side branches and are arranged in a panicle. The pedicel is about 1 cm. The joint is usually in the upper or near middle position, the tepals are about 10-13 mm, the stamens are slightly shorter than the tepals, and the anthers are twice as long as the filaments.

3. Fruit

Southwestern Chlorophytum The capsule is triangular, usually obovate, rarely subspherical. It is about 6-9 mm long, and each cell contains about 6-9 seeds. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to September.

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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