Bromeliaceae
Twisted airplant
Tillandsia flexuosa
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
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Tillandsia flexuosaBromeliaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 旋风铁兰
- English
- Twisted airplant
- pap
- Teku di palu
Synonyms
- Anoplophytum flexuosum (Sw.) Beer
- Anoplophytum flexuosum Lindl.
- Platystachys aloifolia (Hook.) K.Koch
- Platystachys patens (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K.Koch
- Tillandsia aloifolia Hook.
- Tillandsia flexuosa f. alba Takiz.
- Tillandsia flexuosa var. fasciata Lindl.
- Tillandsia flexuosa var. vivipara André
- Tillandsia patens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Vriesea aloefolia Beer
- Vriesea aloifolia (Hook.) Beer
- Vriesea tenuifolia Beer
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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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.