Bromeliaceae
West Indian tufted airplant
Guzmania monostachia
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Guzmania
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 白花果子蔓
- English
- West Indian tufted airplant
- Finnish
- Tähkätimanttiananas
- Macedonian
- Еднокласна гузманија
- Swedish
- Brun juvelblomma
Synonyms
- Bromelia tricolor Sander
- Guzmania clavata (Lam.) Urb.
- Guzmania comosa Bert. ex Steud.
- Guzmania comosa Bertero ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Guzmania grandis Baker
- Guzmania laxa Mez & Sodiro
- Guzmania maculata Linden ex Baker
- Guzmania monostachia var. alba Ariza-Julia
- Guzmania monostachia var. monostachia
- Guzmania monostachia var. variegata Nash
- Guzmania platysepala Mez & C.F.Baker
- Guzmania sympaganthera (Ruiz & Pav.) Beer
- Guzmania tricolor Ruiz & Pav.
- Guzmania tricolor var. cuspidata Wittm.
- Guzmania tricolor var. variegata L.H.Bailey
- Pourretia sympaganthera Ruiz & Pav.
- Renealmia monostachia L.
- Tillandsia clavata Lam.
- Tillandsia comosa (Bertero ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Griseb.
- Tillandsia gymnophylla Baker
- Tillandsia monostachia (L.) L.
- Tillandsia pachycarpa Baker
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.