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Tillandsia variabilis
Soft-leaved Wild Pine
Leatherleaf Airplant
Florida native
Threatened Florida species
An epiphytic plant of hammocks and cypress swamps in south Florida, also found in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Shade loving and low growing, rarely found high on trunks. Blooms in the fall.
Tillandsia variabilis is a member of the Bromeliaceae - Bromeliad family.
Other species of the Tillandsia genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Tillandsia balbisiana - NORTHERN NEEDLELEAF
Tillandsia bartramii - BARTRAM'S AIRPLANT
Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica - CARDINAL AIRPLANT
Tillandsia fasciculata var. clavispica - GIANT AIRPLANT
Tillandsia floridana - FLORIDA AIRPLANT
Tillandsia recurvata - BALLMOSS
Tillandsia setacea - SOUTHERN NEEDLELEAF
Tillandsia simulata - MANATEE RIVER AIRPLANT
Tillandsia usneoides - SPANISH MOSS
Tillandsia utriculata - GIANT AIRPLANT
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Aug 07, 2016
