Yucca glauca Nutt.
Narrow-leaved yucca, soapweed yucca, beargrass, soapweed
Soapweed yucca is a native of North America. Identification: Plants are up to 3' (1 m) high × 4' (1.2 m) wide. The leaves are pale green, stiff, and sword-shaped, 8-40" (20-101 cm) long and up to ⅛-⅜" (6-12 mm) wide. 15-50 bell-shaped flowers, greenish-white, with six petals, hang from a stalk 12-80" (30-203 cm) tall. The seeds are in cylindrical capsules up 1-1¾" (3-4.5 cm) long. See the Yucca page for a comparison with other yuccas. Online References:
Yucca glauca at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Yucca glauca on the USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database Yucca glauca on New Mexico Enchantment Yucca glauca on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants Yucca glauca on Missouriplants.com References:
Irish, Mary & Irish, Gary, Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide, Timber Press, 2000, p. 252 Yucca glauca description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
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