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Sansevieria pearsonii

Common names: spiky mother-in-law’s-tongue, gemsbok horns, elephant’s toothpick (Eng.); bobbejaan-se-dood, gemsbokhoring (Afr.)

Family: Ruscaceae

... sincerely thanks Thabo Masupa for capturing the images of Sansevieria pearsonii used in this article. Spiky ... are the plant can resprout from the underground rhizome. Sansevieria pearsonii forms large, dense colonies and is ... orbiculata , Coleus neochilus and Pachypodium saundersii . Sansevieria Sansevieria pearsonii is propagated by cuttings ...

03 / 10 / 2022 | Philisiwe Nonhlanhla Biyela | Pretoria NBG

Common names: sickle-leaf mother-in-law’s-tongue (Eng.); sekelblaar-skoonma-se-tong (Afr.)

Family: Ruscaceae

... 10 mm in diameter. The seed is bony, 6 mm in diameter. Sansevieria hallii is confined to southeastern Zimbabwe and ... distinguished from the other South African species of Sansevieria by its curved, shallowly channeled leaves, and ... in dense heads on short stems. The other South African Sansevieria species have elongated inflorescences. In the ...

06 / 03 / 2017 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: mother-in-law’s tongue, piles root, bowstring hemp (Eng.); skoonma-se-tong, aambeiwortel, haasoor (Afr.); kai, ghaiwortel (Khoi); isikholokotho (Xho

Family: Ruscaceae

... M.S. Mothogoane National Herbarium, Pretoria January 2015 Sansevieria hyacinthoides is a robust, evergreen, perennial ... borne in clusters, fairly scented, opening at night. Sansevieria hyacinthoides flowers in September to May. The ... in diameter. Mother-in-law’s tongue can be confused with Sansevieria metallica (giant sansevieria), which is a robust ...

19 / 01 / 2015 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria

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Search results for "Sansevieria" (displaying 3 of 3 on page 1)

Sansevieria pearsonii

Sansevieria hallii

Sansevieria hyacinthoides