Common name: Short Scaped Spider Plant • Hindi: सफ़ैद मुस्ली Safed musli • Marathi: फुलकाडी Phulkadi, Kula
Botanical name: Chlorophytum breviscapum Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Short Scaped Spider Plant is an annual herb, growing up to 20-30 cm high,
with tuberous roots. Short stem has clustered, radical leaves, 6-9 in number,
about a foot long, linear lancelike. The leaves are sharp tipped, wavy,
shining above and pale beneath, ending below in a broad leaf-stalk. Scape is
only 10-20 cm long. White flowers, 1 cm across, occur in racemes 5-10 cm
long. Bracts are membarnous, lancelike. Flowers have 6 "petals", linear in
shape. Six stamens, about 8 mm long, with 3 mm yellow anthers. Capsules are
3-winged, with black seeds. Flowering: September.
| Photographed in Alibag, Maharashtra. |
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale
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