Asparagaceae
Bracketplant
Chlorophytum capense
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Chlorophytum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 南非吊兰, 南非吊蘭, 斑心吊兰
- Czech
- Zelenec kapský
- English
- Bracketplant, Bracket plant, Cape spider plant, Spider plant
Synonyms
- Anthericum elatum Aiton
- Anthericum fastigiatum (Poir.) Steud.
- Anthericum rouwenortii Gorter
- Asphodelus capensis L.
- Chlorophytum elatum (Aiton) R.Br. ex Ker Gawl.
- Chlorophytum elatum (Aiton) Spreng.
- Phalangium elatum (Aiton) Poir.
- Phalangium fasciculatum Baker
- Phalangium fastigiatum Poir.
- Phalangium variegatum hort. ex Baker
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Amanda Duke-Woolley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Eyleen Bernsmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Boy Portuguese, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF ![Bracketplant: 吊蘭 Chlorophytum capense [香港嘉道理農場 Kadoorie Farm, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E5%90%8A%E8%98%AD_Chlorophytum_capense_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%98%89%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E8%BE%B2%E5%A0%B4_Kadoorie_Farm%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289227079543%29.jpg/500px-%E5%90%8A%E8%98%AD_Chlorophytum_capense_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%98%89%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E8%BE%B2%E5%A0%B4_Kadoorie_Farm%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289227079543%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Bracketplant: 吊蘭 Chlorophytum capense [香港嘉道理農場 Kadoorie Farm, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/%E5%90%8A%E8%98%AD_Chlorophytum_capense_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%98%89%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E8%BE%B2%E5%A0%B4_Kadoorie_Farm%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289227079543%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%90%8A%E8%98%AD_Chlorophytum_capense_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%98%89%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E8%BE%B2%E5%A0%B4_Kadoorie_Farm%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289227079543%29.jpg)
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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.