Chlorophytum chinense Bureau & Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Chlorophytum

Characteristics

Rhizome short, inconspicuous. Roots cylindric or subfusiform, 2--3 mm thick, fleshy. Leaves fasciculate, sessile, grasslike, 10--30 × 0.2--0.4 cm, glabrous. Scape erect, 20--40 cm, rather slender. Raceme sometimes few branched and paniculate, several to many flowered; bracts very small. Flowers solitary; pedicel 7--11 mm, usually articulate proximally. Tepals white with pink veins, oblong-elliptic, 9--10 × 3--4 mm, 3--5-veined. Stamens slightly shorter than tepals; anthers usually connivent, 5--6 mm, ca. 2 × as long as filaments. Style ca. 8 mm. Fl. Jun--Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Chlorophytum chinense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532802-1
WFO ID wfo-0000763283
COL ID 5XXPF
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Synonyms

Chlorophytum chinense Chlorophytum platystemon