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''Dracaena pearsonii'' is a species of succulent plant native to
Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number o ...
. This species is in a complex of plants including '' Dracaena stuckyi'' and ''
Dracaena angolensis ''Dracaena angolensis'', synonym ''Sansevieria cylindrica'', also known as the cylindrical snake plant, African spear or spear sansevieria or in Brazil Saint Bárbara sword, is a succulent plant native to Angola. Formerly in the genus '' Sans ...
'' that are characterized by their cylindrical leaves that grow upright in a spear-like habit. It grows in desert or dry shrubland, has thick rhizomes that produce offsets.


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pearsonii Flora of Tanzania Flora of South Tropical Africa Flora of Southern Africa Plants described in 1915 {{Asparagaceae-stub