Mazhar Botanic Garden

Dasylirion longissimum Lem.

Bear grass Desert Spoon

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001013
Common name: Bear grass, Desert Spoon
English name: Mexican grass tree, Toothless Sotol
Arabic name: دزيليريون لونجيسيمم
Native: Mexico
Country: Mexico
(PGR): Common

Plant dioecious, woody perennials with upright reclining trunks to 2-3 m tall leaves 80-140 cm long, 1-12 cm wide at base rigid glaucous-green narrow grass-like, smooth edges, spreading symmetrically in all directions from the trunk flowers white very small 

Best as large focal plant in pot or landscape.

Dasylirion quadrangulatum Hort

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Texture: Clay Loam Rocky  Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 8 : 11
pH range: 6-8
Status: Common
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Perennial
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Online
Plant Uses: Indoor plant Landscape Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Sub tropical
pH: Mild acid Mild alkaline Neutral

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