Common name: Spider plant, Musli मुस्ली (Hindi)
Botanical name: Chlorophytum comosum Family: Liliaceae (Lily family)
Possibly the most popular of all houseplants, spider plant is a grasslike,
clump forming, evergreen perennial in the lily family The leaves are linear,
8-16 in (20.3-40.6 cm) long and less than 1 in (2.5 cm) wide. Small white
flowers are borne along outward arching wiry stalks. After blooming and
fruiting, little tufts of leaves - baby spider plants - develop on the stalks.
These little "spiders" take root wherever they touch the ground.
| Photographed in Jamia Millia,
Delhi |
Identification credit: Shaista Ahmad
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ntroduced