Bromeliaceae
Spreading airplant
Tillandsia utriculata
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Spreading airplant
- Korean
- 키큰틸란드시아
- Quechua
- Uqi wiquntuy
Synonyms
- Allardtia potockii Antoine
- Anoplophytum flexuosum var. pallidum (Lindl.) Beer
- Platystachys ehrenbergiana K.Koch ex Hemsl.
- Platystachys ehrenbergii K.Koch
- Platystachys utriculata (L.) Beer
- Tillandsia bartramii Nutt.
- Tillandsia brevibracteata Baker
- Tillandsia ehrenbergiana Hemsl.
- Tillandsia ehrenbergii Klotzsch ex Beer
- Tillandsia ehrenbergii (K.Koch) Klotzsch ex Mez
- Tillandsia flexuosa var. pallida Lindl.
- Tillandsia lingulata W.Bartram
- Tillandsia nuttalliana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tillandsia ramosa Bello
- Tillandsia ramosa Sweet
- Tillandsia ramosa var. cingstuniensis E.H.L.Krause
- Tillandsia sintenisii Baker
- Tillandsia utriculata f. variegata H.Luther
- Tillandsia utriculata subsp. utriculata
- Vriesea ramosa Beer
- Vriesea utriculata (L.) Regel
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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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 
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.