rather startling impression that the plant is tipped with flame. Other herbaceous denizens of the Chihuahuan Desert include Sotol , Yucca , Prickly Pear , Agave , Creosote Bush , Lechuguilla (a variety of Agave), Blackthorn Acacia , Texas Sage (not a “true” sage, more accurately called Cenizo), Pencil Cactus, Spanish