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Peace Lily

Spathiphyllum floribundum

Also called Snowflower

Peace lily (Spathiphyllum floribundum) is a herbaceous perennial from the Arum family, native to wet tropical northwestern South America, grown for its glossy leaves and white spathes. It thrives in shade and moist, humus-rich soil, and it is a widely grown houseplant.

Family: Araceae (Arum family)
Grows as: Perennial
Light: Part shade, Shade, Bright indirect
Water: Keep the soil evenly moist and water when the top layer begins to dry; it wilts dramatically when thirsty.
Soil: Peat-based or humus-rich, well-draining potting mix.
Temperature: 18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy: Easy
Safety: Toxic: All parts contain calcium oxalate crystals that cause burning and swelling of the mouth, lips and throat, along with drooling and vomiting if chewed or swallowed.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range: Colombia to NW. Venezuela and N. Peru
Climate: wet tropical

About

Spathiphyllum floribundum, the snowflower, peace lily, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to northwestern South America from Panama east to Venezuela and south to Peru.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant. The leaves are oval to lanceolate, 12–20 cm long and 5–9 cm broad. The flowers are produced in a spadix, surrounded by a 10–20 cm long, greenish- or yellowish-white spathe.

Other Spathiphyllum plants

Spatheflower · Spathiphyllum cochlearispathum · Peace Lily · Spath

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spathiphyllum floribundum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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