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Aspidistra elatior, the "cast-iron plant", is a popular houseplant, surviving shade, cool conditions and neglect. It is one of several species of Aspidistra that can be grown successfully outdoors in shade in temperate climates, where they will generally cope with temperatures down to −5 °C (23 °F), being killed by frosts of −5 to −10 ...
Aspidistra elatior, the cast-iron-plant [3] or bar-room plant, also known in Japanese as haran or baran (葉蘭) [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Japan and Taiwan.
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Aspidistra elatior (cast iron plant) Begonia species and cultivars; Bromeliaceae (bromeliads, including air plants) Calathea, Goeppertia and Maranta spp. (prayer plants) Chlorophytum comosum (spider plant) Citrus (compact cultivars such as the Meyer lemon) Ctenanthe burle-marxii (fishbone prayer plants) Cyclamen; Dieffenbachia (dumbcane ...
Aspidistra is a plant genus (from the Greek aspidion, a small round shield). Aspidistra may also refer to: Aspidistra elatior, an Aspidistra species used as a houseplant; Aspidistra (transmitter), a radio transmitter codenamed Aspidistra and used by Britain in the Second World War to beam propaganda to Germany; An Aspidistra in Babylon, novel ...
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This species is a perennial herb. Its rhizome is creeping, with a diameter of between 3 and 4 millimetres (0.12 and 0.16 in). Its leaves are 5 to 10 millimetres (0.20 to 0.39 in) apart, the petiole measuring about 7 centimetres (2.8 in), being gracile; the lamina is ovate and tapers towards a long tip, measuring between 13 and 15 centimetres (5.1 and 5.9 in) by 3.5 to 5 centimetres (1.4 to 2.0 ...
Aspidistra nikolaii [2] is a plant species of the genus Aspidistra that was one of the new 21 species of plants and animals recently discovered in the Annamite Range of central Vietnam. It was named after a late Russian botanist named Nicolai Arnautov. It has a dark blue flower that is almost black.