Dracaena trifasciata (other common names include mother-in-law’s tongue, Saint George’s sword, and viper’s bowstring hemp) is native to tropical West Africa, where it grows in well-drained soils and is adapted to dry conditions. Indoors it rarely flowers, but when it does, it typically produces fragrant, narrow tubular blooms that open into small star-like flowers with slender petals, pale greenish-white to white in colour, usually in mature plants under suitable conditions.