Native records: 1 botanical areas
Northern Provinces
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A perennial of desert or dry shrubland climates. Native to South Africa.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
South Africa
- Northern ProvincesNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
The same climate occurs in 24 areas worldwide, 23 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
Sedge Green Lily
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Chlorophytum
Other species in Chlorophytum
- Chlorophytum comosumSpider plant
- Chlorophytum cooperiCommon Green Lily
- Chlorophytum cordifolium
- Chlorophytum crassinerveNervous Green Lily
- Chlorophytum cremnophilumCliff Green Lily
- Chlorophytum crispumCrisp Green Lily
- Chlorophytum dalzielii
- Chlorophytum darainensisGrass Lilies
- Chlorophytum debile
- Chlorophytum decaryanum
- Chlorophytum decipiens
- Chlorophytum delicatulum
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
South Africa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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