desert spoon

I have one of these in my yard. It stabs me a lot. This is one in the wild. It's a pretty nifty plant and I have no idea how it's related to asparagus, but it apparently is. Also, I don't know why it's called a "spoon". It has a lot of spikes on it and should really be called a "fork" or even a "knife."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasylirion_wheeleri

[Dawn]

A cool shot

[Diana]

Such an interesting plant.

[Mags]

Like green ribbons with spikes on the ends!

[Delboy79]

You wonder how these things servive in soil like that.They must have very deep roots

[Kitty Hawke]

haha....I have a couple of stabby plants in my garden.....they often leap out at me as I pass....

[Yoland]

Amazing how the grow so perfectly round. Lovely shot.

[Steve Chappell]

That is a cool looking plant, but stabbiness is no good at all. Hope it doesn't get you too much

[Bep]

What an interesting plant!

[Caryn]

Apparently it's molecularly related to asparagus and some other things that are batched together. The leaves have a spoon shaped base, it says here (Wiki), but with all those spines, who's going to check? :D
It reminds me of yucca.

[Walks @ 7]

This a step aside plant for me. I always like to show respect to the plants that have spikes and such

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[haskar]

Lovely shapes and details.