Sotol Plant

Sotol is a shrub composed of dense basal rosette of long, sword like leaves that is usually trunkless. It is found in deserts, mountains, and on dry rocky slopes. Sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) looks like an explosion of spined leaves which end in frayed tips.

The heads (as shown on the right) has been used by Native Americans as a food, and when fermented the juice can make a powerful alcoholic beverage called "SOTOL".