Texas sotol (Dasylirion texanum)

Texas sotol, a reference photo — Photo: Dave Whitinger · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Dasylirion texanum, the Texas sotol and sotol, is a monocot flowering plant native to central and southwestern Texas and in Coahuila state of northeastern Mexico, including the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Texas 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 leiophyllum
Yucca reverchonii
Nolina lindheimeriana
Dasylirion berlandieri
Nolina erumpens

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Dasylirion
Species: Dasylirion texanum

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