| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb Grass/Grass-like |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 1-2 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 1-2 feet |
| Leaves: | Evergreen Variegated Other: Green with creamy-white margins |
| Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
| Underground structures: | Tuber |
| Suitable Locations: | Houseplant |
| Uses: | Groundcover Suitable as Annual |
| Resistances: | Tolerates dry shade Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Offsets |
| Containers: | Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Suitable for hanging baskets Needs excellent drainage in pots Prefers to be under-potted |
| Awards and Recognitions: | RHS AGM |
| BlondieRides | On May 12, 2015 | Bloomed Pretty white flowers beginning to show. Fed it today with 15-30-15 granular. |
| Rh48 | On September 25, 2015 | Obtained plant Received well rooted plant in 3 in pot. Will soon combine with recently transplanted baby. |
| Rh48 | On September 6, 2015 | Transplanted Moved well rooted baby from water to 6 inch pot. |
| Rh48 | On August 12, 2015 | Obtained plant Purchased 'baby' plant on eBay. |
| TheWitchBoy | On November 5, 2017 | Seeds sown Beginning experiment of the viability (and duration of viability) of C. comosum seeds. This is batch #1 of the treat seeds, and 1 of 2 control groups. |
| lemonFresh | On June 23, 1999 | Obtained plant |
| theinferno | On March 17, 2019 | Maintenance performed Repotted my spider plant and fertilized both with three 10-10-4 fert sticks each. |
| theinferno | On March 5, 2019 | Obtained plant Got my own spider plant. |
| theinferno | On January 22, 2019 | Obtained plant JJ got his spider plant. |
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