Dasylirion acrotrichum

Dasylirion acrotrichum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Dasylirion
Species:
D. acrotrichum
Binomial name
Dasylirion acrotrichum
(Schiede) Zucc.
Synonyms
  • Yucca acrotricha Schiede
  • Roulinia acrotricha (Schiede) Brongn.
  • Dasylirion gracile (Brongn.) Zucc.
  • Barbacenia gracilis (Brongn.) Baker
  • Bonapartea gracilis Sweet [Invalid]
  • Dasylirion graminifolium S.Watson [Illegitimate]
  • Dasylirion robustum Gorl. ex Trel.
  • Roulinia acrotricha (Schiede) Brongn.
  • Roulinia gracilis Brongn.

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.

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