Dasylirion longissimum (live succulent)

Dasylirion longissimum (live succulent)

Family: Asparagaceae

Common names: Mexican grass tree

Large plant native to northeastern Mexico with glaucous-green stiff unarmed grass-like 4 to 6 foot long leaves. The leaves radiate symmetrically out of a large woody trunk that can slowly but eventually grow 6 -15 feet tall.