Yucca rostrata

Yucca rostrata, also called Beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the Yucca genus native to southern U.S. and northern Mexico.^[1]

Yucca rostrata grows to 4.5 meters (15 feet) tall. It has thin, stiff leaves which spread from a symmetrical rosette. The inflorescence of small and white flowers appears in autumn. When it is found in the desert it conserves water over time like a cactus.^[1]

Cultivars

• Sapphire Skies has more powder blue foliage.

References

• Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.): Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 1 Dehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest and Midwest of the USA, Canada and Baja California , Selbst Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-00-005946-6
• Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.): Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 2 Indehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA, Selbst Verlag. 2002. ISBN 3-00-009008-8
• Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.): Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 3 Mexico , Selbst Verlag, 2004. ISBN 3-00-013124-8
• Die Gattung Yucca Fritz Hochstätter
• Yucca I [1] Verbreitungskarte I Fritz Hochstätter

1. ^ ^{a b} "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p 941. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0

External links

• Yucca rostrata care
• Common names of yucca species
• Interactive Distribution Map of Yucca rostrata