Hen and chicken plant

Hen and chicken is a common name for several unrelated groups of plants. The name refers to the tendency of certain of these species to reproduce vegetatively by means of plantlets. These tiny plants are produced by the mother plant, and take root on touching the ground.

The name may refer to:

• Chlorophytum comosum, the commonly cultivated houseplant
• Sempervivum & Jovibarba, two related genera of small succulent plant species, commonly called "Hen and chicks"
• Echeveria, a genus of succulent plant species
• Sedum, a genus of succulent plant species
• Bergenia, a non-succulent Asian plant genus
• Asplenium bulbiferum, the "hen and chicken fern" of New Zealand

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|Hierbabuena 0611 Revised.jpg |Chlorophytum comosum

|Selection of Sempervivums.JPG |Genus Sempervivum: a selection of specimens

|Jovibarba globifera x 01.JPG|Jovibarba ("Jupiter's beard"). A related genus.

|Echeveria elegans0.jpg|Echeveria elegans

|Biting stonecrop close 800.jpg|Sedum ("Stonecrop")

|Bergenia cordifolia (Inflorescens).jpg|Bergenia cordifolia

|Mother Spleenwort frond tips.jpg|Asplenium bulbiferum

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