1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
North America, United States, Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic United States, Southeastern United States, North-Central United States, South-Central United States, Texas
Southwestern United States, Mexico
1.4 Types
not available
Common sotol, Bear Grass, Common Sotol, Desert Spoon
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
4.11 Habitat
Boggy areas, Fens, Fields, meadows, Swamps, Woodlands
Desert, Lower slopes
4.13 USDA Hardiness Zone
7.11 AHS Heat Zone
7.12 Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
7.13 Habit
Thicket/Colonizing
Rosette/Stemless
8 Information
8.1 Plant Size
8.1.1 Minimum Height
180.00 cm270.00 cm
0.54
3900
8.1.2 Minimum Width
12.70 cm180.00 cm
0.1
6350
8.2 Plant Color
8.2.1 Flower Color
8.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
Not Available
Not Available
8.2.3 Fruit Color
8.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Not Available
Green, Blue Green
8.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Not Available
Green, Blue Green
8.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Not Available
Green, Blue Green
8.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Green, Blue Green
8.3 Shape
8.3.1 Leaf Shape
8.4 Thorns
9 Season
9.1 Plant Season
Spring, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
9.2 Growing Conditions
9.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
9.2.2 Growth Rate
9.2.3 Type of Soil
9.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral, Alkaline
9.2.5 Soil Drainage
9.2.6 Bloom Time
9.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
9.3 Tolerances
10 Care
10.1 Where to Plant?
10.2 How to Plant?
Divison, Seedlings
Seedlings
10.3 Plant Maintenance
10.4 Watering Plants
10.4.1 Watering Requirements
Keep the ground moist but not water-logged
Needs very little water
10.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
10.4.3 In Spring
10.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
10.5 Soil
10.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Neutral, Alkaline
10.5.2 Soil Type
10.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
10.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
10.7 Pruning
Prune after flowering, Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
10.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Compost, Fertilize every year, Mulch, Nitrogen
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
10.9 Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Apple Maggot, Fall Webworm, Red blotch, Scale
Not Available
10.10 Plant Tolerance
11 Facts
11.1 Flowers
11.1.1 Flower Petal Number
11.2 Fruits
11.2.1 Showy Fruit
11.2.2 Edible Fruit
11.3 Fragrance
11.3.1 Fragrant Flower
11.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
11.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
11.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
11.4 Showy Foliage
11.5 Showy Bark
11.6 Foliage Texture
11.7 Foliage Sheen
11.8 Evergreen
11.9 Invasive
11.10 Self-Sowing
11.11 Attracts
11.12 Allergy
Not Available
Not Available
12 Benefits
12.1 Uses
12.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Not Available
12.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
12.1.3 Edible Uses
12.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
12.2 Plant Benefits
12.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Not Available
Not Available
12.2.2 Part of Plant Used
12.2.3 Other Uses
Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant
Paper pulp, Pulp can be used to make rope place mats and other goods
12.3 Used As Indoor Plant
12.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
12.5 Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border, Screening, Wind Break
Container, Dried Flower, Everlasting, Feature Plant, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower
13 Scientific Name
13.1 Botanical Name
ARONIA arbutifolia
DASYLIRION texanum
13.2 Common Name
Red Chokeberry
Common sotol, Bear Grass, Common Sotol, Desert Spoon
13.2.1 In Hindi
13.2.2 In German
Rote Apfelbeere
Dasylirion texanum
13.2.3 In French
13.2.4 In Spanish
13.2.5 In Greek
13.2.6 In Portuguese
13.2.7 In Polish
13.2.8 In Latin
14 Classification
14.1 Kingdom
14.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
14.3 Class
14.4 Order
14.5 Family
14.6 Genus
14.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Monocots
14.8 Tribe
Not Available
Not Available
14.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Nolinoideae
14.10 Number of Species