List of indoor air cleaning plants

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Top Plants for Clean Indoor Air

Spacing

It is suggested that one plant should be allowed for about 10 square yards (or meters) of floor space, assuming average ceiling heights of 8-9 feet (up to 3 meters). This means that you need two or three plants to contribute to good air quality in the average domestic living room of about 20 to 25 square yards (20-25 square meters).

Best air cleaners

Research (including by NASA) has shown that these plants are some of the most effective all-around in counteracting offgassed chemicals and contributing to balanced internal humidity.

  • Areca palm
  • Reed palm
  • Dwarf date palm
  • Boston fern
  • Janet Craig dracaena
  • English ivy
  • Australian sword fern
  • Peace Lily
  • Rubber plant
  • Weeping fig
  • Bamboo Palm
  • Chinese Evergreen
  • Gerbera Daisy
  • Dracaena Marginata
  • Mass cane/Corn Plant (Dracaena Massangeana)
  • Mother-in-Law's Tongue
  • Pot Mum
  • Warneckii (Dracaena "Warneckii")
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