Spider plant varieties and leaf patterns

Sort spider plants by stripe placement and habit: marginal Variegatum, central-stripe Vittatum, compact curly Bonnie, or plain green forms.

Plant coveredChlorophytum comosumSpider plant · indoor container

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Plant names and labels

Taxonomy
Kew accepts Chlorophytum comosum as the species. Variegatum, Vittatum, and Bonnie are treated here as named horticultural forms within that species, not as separate species.
Group
The practical groups are plain green forms, marginal-variegated Variegatum types, central-stripe or arching Vittatum types, and compact curly Bonnie types. RHS also notes smaller, curly, all-green, and reversed-variegation forms.

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How the varieties differ

RHS describes ‘Variegatum’ with white marginal stripes, ‘Vittatum’ with central creamy-white stripes and arching leaves, and ‘Bonnie’ as compact and curly with a creamy central stripe. NCSU lists these alongside other named forms such as Hawaiian, Milky Way, Picturatum, and White Stripe.

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Care differences

The form changes the container and display decision: arching or trailing Vittatum needs different clearance from compact curly Bonnie, while marginal versus central variegation changes identification. The shared evidence remains a partial-shade indoor baseline rather than separate cultivar watering or feeding schedules.

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