Species · genus Dracaena · Asparagaceae

Dracaena francisii

Dracaena francisii (Chahin.) Byng & Christenh.

Growth habit

stacked, spiralling columnar succulent

Native range

Somalia and Kenya (east Africa)

Reference · D. francisii

Cultivars of D. francisii

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under D. francisii yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

A compact snake plant whose spear-like leaves stack in tight spirals up short upright stems — sculptural, slow, and nearly indestructible. Long sold as Sansevieria francisii; the genus moved into Dracaena.

Care recipe

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

Care notes drawn from cited sources

Light: retail care guidance (growswithlove.com listing): bright indirect to lower light
Water: dry-succulent 28-day floor — retail care guidance (growswithlove.com): minimal watering, allow to dry

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 (growswithlove.com listing): bright indirect to lower light · dry-succulent 28-day floor — retail care guidance (growswithlove.com): minimal watering, allow to dry · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_francisii + growswithlove.com listing · genus-level inference — ASPCA lists snake plants (Dracaena/Sansevieria, saponins) as toxic to cats and dogs; no species-exact authority found for D. francisii

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