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Agaves, Yuccas & Bromeliads

Asparagaceae · Bromeliaceae

Rosettes built like architecture — toothed margins, terminal spines, and leaves that channel every drop of rain to the roots.

Dyckia

Bromeliaceae

Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina

Terrestrial bromeliads of sun-baked rock: stiff, saw-toothed rosettes that clump over time and shrug off heat that would scorch most of their family.

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