Yucca rostrata

Beaked yucca
Yucca rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Species: Y. rostrata
Binomial name
Yucca rostrata
Engelm. ex Trel.
Synonyms[1]
  • Yucca linearis (Trel.) D.J.Ferguson
  • Yucca rostrata var. linearis Trel.

Yucca rostrata [2] also called beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the genus Yucca. The species is native to Texas, Chihuahua and Coahuila.[3][4]

Detail of the trunk

Yucca rostrata has a trunk up to 4.5 meters tall, with a crown of leaves at the top.. Leaves are thin, stiff, up to 60 cm long but rarely more than 15 mm wide, tapering to a sharp point at the tip. The inflorescence is a large panicle 100 cm tall, with white flowers.[3][4][5]

Cultivation

As one of the hardiest trunk-forming yuccas, Yucca rostrata can be grown successfully outdoors down to USDA hardiness zone 5 and is popular in the Southwestern United States. The tree-like plant is commonly seen in El Paso, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Denver, Colorado.[6][7]

Cultivars

Natural range

References


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