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Botanical Name: Dasylirion longissimum
Common Name: Grass Tree


Basics:
 Hardiness:15°F
 Sun:full sun
 Water:low
Growth:
Growth Rate:slow
Mature Size:5' height X 5' width
Mature Form: grassy rosette
Foliage:
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Foliage Color:medium green
Foliage Texture:coarse
Flowers:
Flower ColorWhite to cream
Flower Season: summer
Comments:
Litter:low
Thorns:none
Allergenic:no
Special Features:
Features: Exceptional specimen plant.
Native to: Mexico, northeast Mexico
Recently reclassified as Dasylirion quadrangulatum.


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