Bromeliaceae
Powdery strap airplant
Catopsis berteroniana
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Catopsis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 貝爾特羅嘉寶鳳梨, 贝尔特罗嘉宝凤梨
- English
- Powdery strap airplant
- Japanese
- カトプシス・ベルテロニアナ
- Persian
- گیاه گردی
Synonyms
- Catopsis mosenii Mez
- Pogospermum berteronianum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Brongn.
- Renealmia pendula C.F.Gaertn.
- Tillandsia berteroniana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tillandsia pendula Thunb. ex C.F.Gaertn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.