Accession Data

Dracaena aethiopica

Common Name: Snake Plant

Family: Asparagaceae

Synonym(s): Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb.

Country of Origin: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe

Habitat: dry open areas or bushland

Accession Data

Accession #: 201700072

Accession Date: 2017-08-08 00:00:00

Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1102

Quantity: 1

Source: Ken Mosher via M. Opel

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Nolinoideae

Tribe: Dracaeneae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2026
2025

References

  1. Newton, L.E. 2001. Sansevieria. in Urs Eggli, ed. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, August 17, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 04 December, 2019.
  4. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
  5. Getting to Know Sansevieria at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Monday, 20 January, 2020.

Images

Dracaena aethiopica