8 Best Indoor Filter Plants What Plants Clean The Air Better? List, Photo - Page 3 Of 10

2. Sansevieria three-lane (Sansevieria trifasciata)

Better known by the nicknames "pike tail" and "mother-in-law", sansevieria today is experiencing another boom in popularity.

Modest, hardy, unassuming, it perfectly suits modern interiors and is appropriate both at home and in the office.

Long, very tough and dense dark green leaves of sansevieria with horizontal stripes and a border create a kind of thickets. The thick, creeping rhizomes from which the xiphoid leaves grow, constantly release new leaves and grow horizontally.

It is this plant that is even today used as a natural filter on space stations, which indicates the unique ability of sansevieria to absorb chemical compounds from the air.

Effect of sansevieria on air

• sansevieria absorbs toxins and harmful substances, including from new furniture and materials;
• cleans the air even in public places;
• sansevieria releases phytoncides and disinfects the air, effectively fights microorganisms.

Sansevieria is most effective in rooms: any room, regardless of size and purpose - from living rooms and hallways, offices and study to bathrooms.

Required conditions for sansevieria: tolerates any lighting (variegated species lose color in the shade), standard room temperatures, in winter - not lower than 14 degrees.

The specifics of sansevieria care: forgives mistakes, requires modest care, moderate watering, is afraid of waterlogging, top dressing is rarely carried out, in the summer - 1 time in 3 weeks.

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