Yucca glauca Nutt.
Narrow-leaved yucca, soapweed yucca, beargrass, soapweed
Soapweed yucca is a native of North America.
Plants: Up to 3′ high ⨉ 4′ wide (1 ⨉ 1.2 m).
Leaves: Pale green, stiff, and sword-shaped, 8–40″ (20–101 cm) long and up to ⅛–⅜″ (6–12 mm) wide.
Flowers: 15-50 bell-shaped flowers, greenish-white, with six petals, hang from a stalk 1–6½′ (30–203 cm) tall.
Fruits: The seeds are in cylindrical capsules up 1–1¾″ (3–4.5 cm) long.
Habitats: Dry plains and sandy hills.
See the Yucca page for a comparison with other yuccas.
Online References:
References:
Irish, Mary & Irish, Gary, Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide, Timber Press, 2000, p. 252
5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts 
5/21/2009 · Grand Canyon South Rim, Arizona 
5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Liliidae | Includes lilies, orchids, and many others |
| Order | Asparagales | A diverse group that includes asparagus |
| Family | Asparagaceae | Agaves, asparagus, hyacinths, and others |
| Genus | Yucca | Linnaeus mistakenly derived the genus name from the Carib word for (similar-appearing) cassava, yuca |
| Species | glauca | Latin for “blue-gray” |
Yucca glauca description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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