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Mason's Congo Snake Plant

Dracaena masoniana, Asparagaceae

Sources last read 14 September 2026.

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Also called Shark Fin, Shark Fin Plant, Shark Fin Snake Plant, Whale Fin Dracaena and Whale Fin Snake Plant.

Mason's Congo Snake Plant (Dracaena masoniana), the whole plant.
Indonesiagood, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mason's Congo Snake Plant is toxic

  • Not assessed for cats. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
  • Not assessed for dogs. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
  • Toxic to people. Toxic to people (low severity). NC State Extension

What the sources say about its care

Sources file this plant under other names: Sansevieria masoniana. Citations below point at the name its source uses.

Light
Partial Shade
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Water
Good Drainage, Moist, Occasionally Dry
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Humidity

No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.

ASHRAE recommends indoor relative humidity between 30% and 60% 30–60%
Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Soil
High Organic Matter, Sand, Shallow Rocky; pH Acid (<6.0), Neutral (6.0-8.0)
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to cats
Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to dogs
Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Harmful to people
Toxic to people (low severity)
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026

Routine care

Watering
Highly drought tolerant; let the growing medium dry before watering again.
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Repotting
Repot once roots fill the pot or come out through the container's drainage holes.
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Propagation
Leaf cuttings or division can be used for propagation.
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Pests and diseases
Can be troubled by fern scale, banded greenhouse thrips and longtailed mealybug.
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026

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About the plant

Native range
DR Congo
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Climate
seasonally dry tropical
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Growth form
rhizomatous geophyte
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Herbaceous Perennial; habit erect
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Size
Height 36–60 in; width 12–24 in
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Flowering
Flowers white; blooms in summer
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026

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Sources

What this does not cover

The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.

Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.

If something is already wrong, the diagnosis tool asks about the soil, the window and the watering, which is where the answer usually is.