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Sansevieria trifasciata Prain






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Sansevieria L. (チトセラン) in Japan


S. trifasciata Prain (アツバチトセラン)
S. nilotica Baker (チトセラン)

Sansevieria trifasciata transplanted in Hokkaido


Atsubachitoseran (アツバチトセラン, 厚葉千歳蘭), snake plant
Life form: succulent, evergreen, perennial forb, often becoming > 1 m tall
Distribution: tropical, western Africa

introduced to Japan in the middle of Meiji Era

Habitat: forest edges, old fields, and escaped
Use: ornamental
Photosynthesis: CAM
Synonyms:

Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb., recently used

Cultivars:
cv. laurentii (フクリンチトセラン, 覆輪千歳蘭)
cv. hahnii (マルバチトセラン, 丸葉千歳蘭)
索引

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at Wakkanai Airport, northern Hokkaido, on November 18 2020.

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