Hesperoyucca newberryi
| Grand Canyon Quixote plant | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Hesperoyucca |
| Species: | H. newberryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hesperoyucca newberryi (McKelvey) Clary | |
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Hesperoyucca newberryi is a plant species endemic to Arizona. It is found only in Mohave and Coconino Counties, on the walls of canyons near the Colorado River.[2][3]
Hesperoyucca newberryi, the Grand Canyon Quixote plant is a perennial forming a rosette. It is semelparous (flowering once then dying). Leaves are narrow, up to 60 cm long but usually less than 3 cm across. Flowering stalks are up to 160 cm tall, bearing cream-colored flowers. Fruit is a dry, egg-shaped capsule about 4 cm long.[2][4][5][6][7]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 26 p 441, Hesperoyucca newberryi
- ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, 2013, Hesperoyucca newberryi
- ↑ Clary, Karen Husum. 2001. The genus Hesperoyucca (Agavaceae) in the western United States and Mexico: New nomenclatural combinations. Sida 19(4): 839-847.
- ↑ McKelvey, Susan Delano. 1947. Yuccas of the Southwestern United States 2: 49–52, map 1.
- ↑ Hochstätter, F. 2000. Succulenta (Netherlands) 79:39.
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service database, Hesperocallis whipplei, H. newberryi
