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Sansevieria sulcata
Snake Plant, Yoat's Horn
Origin: Northern Madagascar.
| Family |
| Asparagaceae |
| Genus |
| Sansevieria |
| Species |
| sulcata |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| Synonyms |
| Sansevieria canaliculata |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1.1 - above 4.5 |
| Height |
| 60 - 100 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A stemless succulent, growing in clumps from a creeping rhizome. |
| Landscape |
| Groundcover, container plants, and accent plant in a dry area. |
| Cultivation |
| Easy to grow and tolerates a wide range of conditions. |
| Habitat |
| This species grows near the coast. |
| Leaf Description |
| Solitary, or occasionally 2 together, sometimes arising from the rhizome close together one before another, sometimes 5 cm apart along the rhizome, leaf blade simple, erect or slightly curved, firmly flexible, cylindrical or slightly laterally compressed, with 5-6 shallow longitudinal grooves and rounded rib-like spaces between them, 15-90 cm long, 0.5-2 cm thick, of nearly the same diameter up to near the apex, or slightly thicker along the middle part, pale to dark green without markings, narrowed shortly to a whitish hard acute tip, surface almost smooth. |
| Flower Description |
| Bud pale greenish-pink while the flowers are white tinged green. Tube 2.5 cm long, slender, slightly swollen at the base, white, tinged with green on the basal part. Free parts of lobes 17 mm long, linear, slightly broadening upwards, obtuse, white. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. |
| Propagation |
| By leaf cuttings or division taken at any time. Cuttings should be at least 10 cm long and inserted in moist sand. A rhizome will emerge at the cut edge of the leaf. |
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