Bromeliaceae

Giant airplant

Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.

Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia

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Giant airplant: Cardinal Airplant ( Tillandsia fasciculata ) - Kirby Storter Roadside Park, Big Cypress National Preserve , Florida, USA — Photo: Katka Nemcokova, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 束状铁兰, 丛生铁兰
English: Giant airplant, Cardinal air plant, Giant air plant
Korean: 홍관조틸란드시아

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: Katka Nemcokova, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Usien, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.