| Scientific Name: | Sansevieria trifasciata |
| Common Name: | snake plant, mother-in-law's tongue |
| Family Name: | Asparagaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - tropical |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant, Succulent or Cacti |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Succulent, Lustrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Aug |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Orange |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves stiffly vertical, basal (appearing to directly arise from the soil), linear, most 50-80cm long x 4-7cm wide (shorter cvs. available), leathery, snake-skin like pattern, margins sometimes yellowish. | |