Many aloes have variegated leaves with spots and stripes and often toothed edges. The flowers are attractive and occur in the winter. Asparagus ferns are members of the species Asparagus densiflorus , often referred to as Asparagus sprengeri . They produce long stems covered with fine leaves and, in many cases, thorns. These plants are very rugged and many have fleshy tuberous roots.
Flowers are small and inconspicuous.
The genus Chlorophytum produces long flower stalks that also produce plantlets at their nodes. The distinct appearance of the stolons of plantlets gives this plant its common names, airplane plant and spider plant . The chlorophytums all produce a rosette of strap-shaped leaves that are often variegated with white or yellow stripes. The flowers are not very noticeable except that they appear on the long stems that also produce the plantlets. Haworthia is a large genus with many house plant forms.