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Photo from Peragashop.com.


Small plant from Spacegarden.es.


The serrated leave-tips from The caudex from Consultaplantas.com.

Author: 

Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, 1838

Family: 

DRACAENACEAE*

Origin: 

SW Mexico

Soil: 

Mix

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

30 Centimetres

Height: 

180 Centimetres

Flower: 

Cream-Coloured

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

Desert Spoon, Sandpaper Soto

Synonyms: 

Yucca serratifolia,Schult. f. 1830.
Roulinia serratifolia,
Brongn, 1840.

This member of the Dracaenaceae* family was given this name by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini in 1838. It is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo and Oaxaca, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 30 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to two metres in height. The flowers are cream-coloured.

The genera name comes from the Greek words dasys, meaning 'dense' , 'rough' or 'shaggy', and lirion meaning 'lily' in reference to the rough leaves of some species. The specific name for the serrated tips of the leaves.

*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Dracaenaceae is now part of the Asparagaceae.


The caudex from Consultaplantas.com.


Flowering plant by Gerhard Köhres, Wikipedia.org.