Dasylirion serratifolium, or the sandpaper sotol, is a plant species in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Mexican states of Hidalgo and Oaxaca. It is often in cultivation as an ornamental in other places, including in Europe.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dasylirion serratifolium 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 acrotrichum
- Dasylirion parryanum
- Dasylirion cedrosanum
- Nolina orbicularis
- Dasylirion longissimum
- Nolina parviflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Dasylirion
- Species
- Dasylirion serratifolium
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