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Dasylirion hookeri Lem.
Ill. Hort. vi. (1859) Misc. 24.
Family: AGAVACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Calibanus hookeri (Lem.) Trel.
Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 50: 426. 1911

Dasylirion hookeri (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Sándor Horváth
Blooming habit.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Calibanus hookeri (Lem.) Trel.
Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 50: 426. 1911
Synonymy: 6
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Mexican Boulder, Soap bush
FRENCH (Français): Caliban de Hooker


25853 kissanya Sándor Horváth
Dasylirion hookeri (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Sándor Horváth
19766 agrawal K.k. Agrawal
Dasylirion hookeri (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: K.k. Agrawal

1045 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
- It looks like a ball topped with attractive green-blue fescue grass-like leaves. This plant is often exposed in cultivation by caudiciform enthusiasts for its new and unique form. (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
25854 kissanya Sándor Horváth
Dasylirion hookeri (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Sándor Horváth

1046 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Dasylirion hookeri (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
8817 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Dasylirion hookeri (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

27068 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Habit at El Charco del Ingenio (Jardín Botánico y Reserva Natural). San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexixo. (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
26913 frikkie Frikkie Hall
Dasylirion hookeri (Calibanus hookeri) Photo by: Frikkie Hall

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