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This beauty is called Mother-in-law’s Tongue in my country, in yours?


This beauty is called Mother-in-law’s Tongue in my country, in yours?

by cristalmor

31 Comments

  2. Lazy_Sitiens

    Are you Swedish? Because that’s the name in Swedish. Svärmorstunga.

  3. cristalmor

    Here we call it mother-in-law’s tongue, super strange, right?

  4. CalliopeCelt

    It’s a snake plant mainly here but it is also known by that name in plant circles.

  5. Evil_Eukaryote

    In Puerto Rico, spider plants are called Bad Mothers. Because they toss out all their babies lol

  6. arioandy

    I heard that and snake plant colloquially here in UK
    I prefer sanseviera

  8. Fruitypebblefix

    It has many names such as snake plant, Saint George’s sword, mother-in-law’s tongue, and viper’s bowstring hemp etc etc. depends on the country you live in apparently. I call it snake plant but sometimes when I’m feeling fancy I’ll call it Dracaena trifasciata or Sansevieria.

  9. cre8ivenail

    For yrs I knew it as the Mother-In-Law’s tongue but when I finally decided to buy one in a store I saw it was labeled as a Snake Plant. So I’d say both lol. (US)

  12. GabrielHunter

    Germany: Schwiegermutterzunge, so Also Mother in laws tongue XD

  13. LordTachankaMain

    Here it’s called „Bogenhanf“ which is like bow-hemp??? For whatever reason

  14. genomskinligt

    In Swedish it is svärmorstunga, which literally means mother in law’s tongue. It’s also called bajonettlilja, which would literally translate to bayonet lily, but svärmorstunga is the most common name for it.

  15. not_sucking_it

    Saint George’s Sword (Espada de São Jorge)

  17. Extension-Molasses83

    In Portugal, we call them ‘Espada de Santa Bárbara’ or ‘Espada de São Jorge’, which means ‘St. Barbara’s Sword’ or ‘St. George’s Sword’ in English. The name varies a lot depending on the region.

  18. Available-Sun6124

    Same in finnish. **Anopinkieli** translates directly into mother-in-law’s tongue. “Anoppi” being mother in law and “kieli”, tongue.

  19. SadLilBun

    In the US it’s snake plant or MIL’s tongue.

  21. Sad_September_Song

    Both MIL Tongue and Snake Plant are used in the US. That is a beautiful specimen! I love these plants as they are easily adaptable to differing light settings and can tolerate some benign neglect!

  23. Vivl25

    We call them Women’s tongues (Belgium – Dutch speaking)

  25. castles87

    If one folds about 5″ from the base of the soil, would you prune it below the location of the bend or at the base of the stalk??

  28. AppleSchnapps_

    Sansevieria (Israel). Also called “Lashon Hachotenet” (Mother-in-law’s tongue), but everybody calls it Sansevieria.

  31. BlackberryOdd4168

    In Danish it’s svigermors skarpe tunge which means Mother-in-law’s sharp tongue.

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