Perennials, Tropicals > Sansevieria > Sansevieria gracilis > Sansevieria gracilis
Sansevieria gracilis
Snake Plant
Origin: Tropical east Africa (Kenya, and Tanzania).
| Family |
| Asparagaceae |
| Genus |
| Sansevieria |
| Species |
| gracilis |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1.1 - above 4.5 |
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Description and Growing Information
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| Landscape |
| Groundcover, container plants, and accent plant in a dry area. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in porous, well drained soil in a semi-shade or a full sun. |
| Habitat |
| Found in dry bushland and thickets. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Absent or short up to 2.5-8 cm tall, erect, branching above ground (usually 1 – 2 branches per plant), eventually spreading by means of rhizomes. |
| Leaf Description |
| 6-12 to a rosette, 22-80 cm long, to 0.6 – 1 cm thick, closely packed, spiralled, ascending or spreading, or curved or slightly sinuous, firmly flexible, not rigid, smooth, inner or fully developed leaves with a groove (concave) on the upper face for up for 5-12 cm at the base, very rounded on the back, the rest cylindric, terete, gradually tapering, deep green with narrow, darker bands on the younger leaves or interrupted by longitudinal lines. The outer leaves of each tuft much shorter than the inner, concave down the face, very rounded on the back. Tip 2-6 mm long very acute, white or brownish. Margins of the basal sheaths with membranous white edges. |
| Flower Description |
| White, fragrant, the tube 2-3.7 cm long, the lobes 1-1.2 cm, linear, obtuse. The deciduous part usually formed by the tapering base of the flower-tube being scarcely pedicel-like. |
| Fruit Description |
| A globose berry. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. |
| Propagation |
| By division of rhizomes. |
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