Dracaena suffruticosa, synonym Sansevieria suffruticosa is a species of Dracaena native to eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to Malawi. The first description of the species was made in 1915 by N. E. Brown.
It forms a short stem and grows its leaves in a rosette or sometimes in two spiraling rows (spiral distichous). Its spine-tipped leaves are 12-16mm thick, elliptical (rather than round) in cross-section, and pale to dark green depending on sun exposure.
It very closely resembles the smaller related species, Dracaena serpenta and the more distichous species Dracaena phillipsiae.[1] In its native habitat it often grows in dry or rocky ground,[2] and is highly drought tolerant.