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Habitat by Jos van Roosbroeck, Agaveville.org.


Large plants by Steve Whysall, Stevewhysall.net.

Author: 

Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, 1840

Family: 

DRACAENACEAE*

Origin: 

N + C Mexico

Soil: 

Mix

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

30 Centimetres

Height: 

180 Centimetres

Flower: 

Cream-Coloured

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

Great Desert Spoon, Green Sotol, Spoon Yucca, Bear Grass

Synonyms: 

Yucca acrotricha, Schiede, 1829.
Roulinia gracilis, Brongn. 1840.
Roulinia acrotricha, Brongn. 1840.
Bonapartea gracilis, Sweet
Dasylirion gracile, Zucc.
Dasylirion graminifolium, S.Watson
Dasylirion robustum, Gorl. ex Trel.

This member of the Dracaenaceae* family was given this name by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini in 1840. It is found in northern and central Mexico, 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 180 centimetres 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 means; 'a pedestal placed on a pediment to support a statue or other ornamentation', which describe the plant well.

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