Dracaena aethiopica
A southern African snake plant, long known as Sansevieria aethiopica, that forms rosettes of stiff, channelled leaves up to about 70 cm tall and spreads by underground rhizomes. It is very variable across its wide range in dry shrubland and semi-desert, and is best grown like other tough succulent sansevierias: bright light, a fast-draining mix, generous water in the warm season and a dry winter.
Where it grows wild
Dry shrubland, savanna and semi-desert, usually in sandy or stony ground and often in the partial shade of shrubs and small trees, where the rhizomes form spreading clumps.
No published elevation range was found; its wide southern African range spans lowland to upland plateau.
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