Dasylirion wheeleri

Botanical Description

Dasylirion wheeleri is an evergreen, succulent perennial plant producing a stocky trunk around 50 - 150cm long upon which there is a rosette of leaves that can each be around 60 - 100cm long and 15 - 30mm wide. The plant usually flowers annually, producing a flowering stem that can be around 3 - 4 metres long[ 1842 Title The Agave Family in Sonora; Agriculture Handbook No. 399 Publication Author Gentry H.S. Publisher Agicultural Research Service, USDA; Washington D.C. Year 1972 ISBN Description Gives quite a lot of information on the traditional uses of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 1842 Title The Agave Family in Sonora; Agriculture Handbook No. 399 Publication Author Gentry H.S. Publisher Agicultural Research Service, USDA; Washington D.C. Year 1972 ISBN Description Gives quite a lot of information on the traditional uses of the plants. ]. Dasylirion wheeleri has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].