Accession Data

Tillandsia usneoides

Common Name: Spanish Moss - normal form

Family: Bromeliaceae

Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. America

Description: [syn. Renealmia usneoides L., Dendropogon usneoides (L.) Raf.]

Stems slender, branching, leafy, hanging, often to 20 feet or more, hoary-gray, festooned in masses over trees; leaves scattered, very narrowly linear, to 2 inches long; flowers small, pale green or blue, solitary in axils of leaves.
Florida to Texas, south to Argentina. Common on trees in southeastern US, where it is collected for use as a packing and stuffing material. Also commonly used in the floral trade.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8-11

Accession #: 198502806

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 4101

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Poales

Family: Bromeliaceae

SubFamily: Tillandsioideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.

Images

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