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Sotol

19 images Created 30 Dec 2020

The beautiful Sotol also goes by the name of Desert Candle for its tall blooms. Sotols can bloom year after year unlike the Agave family. Sotols form both male and female plants using the wind for pollination.

Photos and closeups of Sotol fill this gallery.
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  • Sotol, female, (Dasylirion leiophyllum). Juniper Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park
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  • Sotol (Female), (Dasylirion leiophyllum) Park Road, Big Bend National Park
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  • Sotol, female, (Dasylirion leiophyllum). Juniper Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211007_R5_4539.jpg
  • Sotol (Female), (Dasylirion leiophyllum) in Paint Gap, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211005_R5_4093.jpg
  • Sotol, male, (Dasylirion leiophyllum). Juniper Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211007_R5_4515.jpg
  • Sotol (Female), (Dasylirion leiophyllum) in Paint Gap, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211005_R5_4088.jpg
  • Popularily called the Desert Candle, the Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum) is related to the pineapple and thrives in the Chihuahua desert climate. This male plant looks similiar to the female at a distance and produces profuse quantities of pollen, while the female flower stalk is covered with masses of tiny white flowers. Native Americans roated the sotol heart for food, while more currently it is used to ferment sotol liquior.
    AB_200924_R1_3983.jpg
  • Sotol (Female), (Dasylirion leiophyllum) in Paint Gap, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211005_R5_4088.jpg
  • Sotol, female, (Dasylirion leiophyllum). Juniper Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211007_R1_8588.jpg
  • Sotol, female, (Dasylirion leiophyllum). Juniper Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211007_R1_8584.jpg
  • Sotol, male, (Dasylirion leiophyllum). Juniper Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211007_R1_8519.jpg
  • Sotol, male, (Dasylirion leiophyllum). Juniper Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park
    AB_211007_R1_8516.jpg
  • Popularily called the Desert Candle, the Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum) is related to the pineapple and thrives in the Chihuahua desert climate. This male plant looks similiar to the female at a distance and produces profuse quantities of pollen, while the female flower stalk is covered with masses of tiny white flowers. Native Americans roated the sotol heart for food, while more currently it is used to ferment sotol liquior.
    AB_200924_R1_3975.jpg
  • Popularily called the Desert Candle, the Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum) is related to the pineapple and thrives in the Chihuahua desert climate. This male plant looks similiar to the female at a distance and produces profuse quantities of pollen, while the female flower stalk is covered with masses of tiny white flowers. Native Americans roated the sotol heart for food, while more currently it is used to ferment sotol liquior.
    AB_200919_R2_3878.jpg
  • Popularily called the Desert Candle, the Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum) is related to the pineapple and thrives in the Chihuahua desert climate. This male plant looks similiar to the female at a distance and produces profuse quantities of pollen, while the female flower stalk is covered with masses of tiny white flowers. Native Americans roated the sotol heart for food, while more currently it is used to ferment sotol liquior.
    AB_200918_R5_1505.jpg
  • Popularily called the Desert Candle, the Sotol (Dasylirion leiophyllum) is related to the pineapple and thrives in the Chihuahua desert climate. This male plant looks similiar to the female at a distance and produces profuse quantities of pollen, while the female flower stalk is covered with masses of tiny white flowers. Native Americans roated the sotol heart for food, while more currently it is used to ferment sotol liquior.
    AB_200918_R5_1502.jpg
  • Sotol killed by drought of 2011, near Panther Junction, Big Bend National Park, Texas
    AB_120513_Z8Q1010.jpg
  • Sotol Overlook, Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas
    AB_050216_Z8Q0388.jpg
  • Sotol Overlook, Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas
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