Scientific Name:	Sansevieria trifasciata
Pronunciation:	san-suh-VEER-ee-uh try-fass-ee-AY-tuh
Common Name:	snake plant, mother-in-law's tongue
Family Name:	Asparagaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti
Key ID Features:	Leaves leathery, linear, stiffly vertical, appearing to directly arise from the soil. Snake-skin like pattern, sometimes with yellow margins.
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Columnar Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Origin: Africa (Nigeria to Congo) Hardiness Rating: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 C) Exposure: Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. Cultivars shown may include S. 'Laurentii' (variegated snake plant) and S. 'Hahnii' (bird's-nest snake plant) which is shorter.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Succulent Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Summer: Green, Yellow, Transverse dark green stripes, yellow margins. Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acute Bases: Truncate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Spike-like, Cyme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Tubular Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, (greenish-white) Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Aug Additional Info: rarely form on indoor plants

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: Orange Fruiting Time: Additional Info: rare form on indoor plants

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes, Succulent leaves

Propagation:	Softwood cuttings, Division - above ground parts
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	Medium indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Scale insects,

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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