Bromeliaceae
Southern needleleaf
Tillandsia setacea
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Southern needleleaf
Synonyms
- Diaphoranthema versicolor Beer
- Platystachys disticha (L.) Beer
- Platystachys setacea (Sw.) Beer
- Renealmia disticha L.
- Renealmia monostachya L. ex Baker
- Tillandsia bromoides Mez
- Tillandsia caespitosa Leconte
- Tillandsia calamifolia Salisb.
- Tillandsia disticha (L.) Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tillandsia setacea var. tenuifolia Chapm.
- Vriesea disticha (L.) Kuntze
- Vriesea setacea Hook. ex Mez
Flowers
- In flower
- August (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marisa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Michele Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Karen Guin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trish Hartmann from Tampa, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tyler Radtke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Estabrooks, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.