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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Dracaenaceae
|genus=Sansevieria
|species=trifasciata
|habit=herbaceous
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=5
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=3
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=white
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=10
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
}}
{{Taxobox
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| color = lightgreen
'''''Sansevieria trifasciata''''' is a species of ''[[Sansevieria]]'', native to tropical west [[Africa]] from [[Nigeria]] east to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It is commonly called the '''snake plant''', because of the shape of its [[leaf|leaves]], or '''mother-in-law's tongue''' because of their sharpness.
'''''Sansevieria trifasciata''''' is a species of ''[[Sansevieria]]'', native to tropical west [[Africa]] from [[Nigeria]] east to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It is commonly called the '''snake plant''', because of the shape of its [[leaf|leaves]], or '''mother-in-law's tongue''' because of their sharpness.
It is an [[evergreen]] [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] forming dense stands, spreading by way of its creeping [[rhizome]], which is sometimes above ground, sometimes underground. Its stiff leaves grow vertically from a basal rosette. Mature leaves are dark green with light gray-green cross-banding and usually range between 70–90 [[centimetre|cm]] in length and 5–6 cm in width.
It is an [[evergreen]] [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] forming dense stands, spreading by way of its creeping [[rhizome]], which is sometimes above ground, sometimes underground. Its stiff leaves grow vertically from a basal rosette. Mature leaves are dark green with light gray-green cross-banding and usually range between 70–90 [[centimetre|cm]] in length and 5–6 cm in width.
===Cultivation and uses===
===Cultivation and uses===