Dasylirion acrotrichum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Dasylirion |
| Species: | D. acrotrichum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasylirion acrotrichum (Schiede) Zucc.
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Dasylirion acrotrichum, the great desert spoon and green sotol (also, spoon yucca, though not a true Yucca), is a plant native to the Chihuahuan Desert and other xeric habitats in northern and central Mexico.[2]
Description
[edit]The foliage is firm narrow bladed leaves up to 40 inches (1.0 m) long, grasslike and 0.4 inches (1.0 cm) across, symmetrically radiating in a rosette, 6 feet (1.8 m) tall by the same in diameter, from a central core that elongates into decumbent trunks. The mid Summer flower spike of small white flowers is 6 to 15 feet (1.8 to 4.6 metres) tall.
Cultivation
[edit]The drought-tolerant and dramatic plant is cultivated by nurseries for use in personal gardens and larger xeriscape landscape projects in the Southwestern United States and California. Dasylirion acrotrichum is hardy to 20 °F (−7 °C)
References
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- Dasylirion
- Flora of Central Mexico
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of San Luis Potosí
- Flora of Zacatecas
- Flora of Aguascalientes
- Flora of Guanajuato
- Flora of Hidalgo (state)
- Flora of Jalisco
- Flora of Nayarit
- Flora of Querétaro
- Flora of Veracruz
- Garden plants of North America
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Taxa named by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini
- Asparagaceae stubs