The Encyclopedia of House Plants

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Plant identification guide.

Plants have shoots of two kinds: 1) short, with long narrow lanceolate leaves; 2) elongated, looking like long slender with underdeveloped leaves. Nodes of elongated shoots give rise to plantlets with leaves and roots. Roots white, tuber-like. - Chlorophytum. Shoots of one kind, elongated with normal leaves. Leaves oval or elongated, with short sheaths. Sheath margins and bases of leaf blades with long thin hairs..