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Dasylirion durangense
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dasylirion durangense, common name "sotol," is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Durango, Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. It is closely related to D. wheeleri S. Wats. and considered a variety of that species by some authors.[2] The plant has a large basal rosette of long stiff leaves over 1 m in length, bearing sharp, curved spines along the margins. The flowering stalk can be up to 3 m tall, bearing small wind-pollinated flowers.[3]
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Dasylirion durangense | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
Genus: | Dasylirion |
Species: | D. durangense |
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Dasylirion durangense Trel. | |
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Some publications misspell the epithet as "duranguense" or "duranguensis." "Durangense" is correct.