Species · genus Dracaena · Asparagaceae

Dracaena aubrytiana

Dracaena aubrytiana (Carrière) Byng & Christenh.

Growth habit

broad-leaved upright snake plant

Native range

tropical Africa

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Cultivars of D. aubrytiana

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‘Sayuri’

Dracaena aubrytiana 'Sayuri'

Early

Guide

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A broad-leaved snake plant best known in cultivation through its silvery selection 'Sayuri'. Long grown as Sansevieria aubrytiana; the genus merged into Dracaena with the epithet intact. The trade often mislabels it "metallica" — a name that botanically belongs to a different species (now Dracaena zebra).

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes drawn from cited sources

Light: retail care guidance (plantophiles.com / vendor listings): bright indirect, tolerates lower light
Water: dry-succulent 28-day floor — retail care guidance: drought-tolerant, allow soil to dry between waterings

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 28 days

Humidity

Not documented

Temperature

Not documented

Soil mix

Not documented

Propagation

Not documented

Fertilizing

Not documented

Growth rate

Not documented

Flowering

Not documented

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Like its snake-plant relatives, the leaves carry saponins — chewing can cause vomiting, drooling, and stomach upset in cats and dogs. Genus-level evidence; treat with the same caution as any snake plant. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: retail care guidance (plantophiles.com / vendor listings): bright indirect, tolerates lower light · dry-succulent 28-day floor — retail care guidance: drought-tolerant, allow soil to dry between waterings · USPP31361P2 (parentage statement) + https://plantophiles.com/plant-care/sansevieria-sayuri/ · genus-level inference — ASPCA lists snake plants (Dracaena/Sansevieria, saponins) as toxic to cats and dogs; no species-exact authority found for D. aubrytiana

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