Sansevieria sulcata (Snake Plant, Yoat's Horn)


Botanical Information

FamilyAsparagaceae
GenusSansevieria
Speciessulcata
SynonymsSansevieria canaliculata
CategoryPerennials, Tropicals
OriginNorthern Madagascar.

Details

USDA Hardiness Zone10a - 11b
USDA Hardiness Ref.
Canadian Hardiness ZoneRequires cold season protection under glass.
Canada Hardiness Ref.
RHS Hardiness ZoneH3 - H1c
RHS Hardiness Ref.
Temperature (°C)-1.1 - above 4.5
Height60 - 100 cm

Description and Growing Information

General DescriptionA stemless succulent, growing in clumps from a creeping rhizome.
LandscapeGroundcover, container plants, and accent plant in a dry area.
PropagationBy 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.
CultivationEasy to grow and tolerates a wide range of conditions.
Notable SpecimensQueen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.
HabitatThis species grows near the coast.
Leaf DescriptionSolitary, 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 DescriptionBud 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.

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