Dasylirion wheeleri (desert spoon, spoon flower, sotol, Wheeler sotol or common sotol) is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae), native to arid environments of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Wheeler sotol being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dasylirion cedrosanum
- Dasylirion parryanum
- Dasylirion acrotrichum
- Dasylirion leiophyllum
- Yucca thompsoniana
- Nolina bigelovii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dasylirion
- Species
- Dasylirion wheeleri
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