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Snake Plant
Snake Plant
Sansevieria trifasciata
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical dry forest
Range
West Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Runners
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A nearly indestructible houseplant whose stiff, sword-shaped leaves bear pale crossbands that look painted on. Unusually for a houseplant, it uses CAM photosynthesis and releases oxygen at night while most plants are taking it in.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Sansevieria
Species
Sansevieria trifasciata