Called “agave and allies” in GBIF
Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. This family includes both common garden plants as well as common houseplants. The garden plants include asparagus, yucca, bluebell, lily of the valley, agave‚ and hosta, and the houseplants include snake plant, corn cane, spider plant, and plumosus fern.
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Maianthemum racemosum
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Scilla siberica
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Cordyline fruticosa
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Anemarrhena asphodeloides
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Maianthemum canadense
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Agave americana
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Ophiopogon japonicus
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Also here, with one plant each: Anemarrhena (Anemarrhena), Cordyline (Ti Plant), Drimia (Drimia elata), Ophiopogon (Mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)), Scilla (Siberian squill), Tupistra (Tupistra nutans), Hosta (Hosta), Sansevieria (Sansevieria), Yucca (Yucca).
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