[2] Short stemmed, usually unbranched, stoloniferous herb to 10–30 cm high, forming extensive dense carpets, leaves equitant, roots bright orange-red, some plants forming dwarf shrublets to 50 cm high on grey more or less erect stems.

Inflorescence smooth, green below towards purple near the top, terminal, erect, spicate, to 30 cm long, bracts, 2–4, lanceolate ligulate, green with purple base, to 50 mm × 4 mm, early caducous, distally decreasing in size, flowers clustered 5–7 cm near the top the spike.

Flowers white to cream, lobes pinkish purple tinged, 1–3 per fascicle, each fascicle subtended by narrowly triangular early caducous, scarious bracts c. 1 mm long, pedicel 1–2 mm long.

[2] Dracaena braunii is native to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.

It is found at the edge of coastal forests and the transition between mangrove and savannah, in shade, laterite to sandy soil, also on rocks, tolerating sea spray from the surf, at altitudes of 0–20 m.[2]