Yucca rostrata
| Beaked yucca | |
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| 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 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
- ↑ The Plant List Yucca rostrata
- ↑ Trelease, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 68, plates 40–42, plate 84, fig. 3, plate 93, fig. 2. 1902.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p 941. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Trelease, William. 1902. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 68, plates 40–42, plate 84, fig. 3, plate 93, fig. 2. Yucca rostrata
- ↑ Ferguson, David J. 1996. Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) Los Angeles 68(3): 130, Yucca linearis
- ↑ http://www.botanicgardens.org/blog/yuccalicious-succulent-delights-denver-botanic-gardens-yuccarama
- ↑ http://www.hardytropicalplants.com/2012/07/yucca-rostrata.html#.VSgija7JRBY
- ↑ Plant Delights Nursery, The Woodlands Texas, Sapphire Skies for sale/
- ↑ Mobnrovia Horticultural Craftsmen, Azusa California, Sapphire Skies Beaked Blue Yucca
- 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 Verbreitungskarte I Fritz Hochstätter
External links
- Yucca rostrata care
- Common names of yucca species
- Interactive Distribution Map of Yucca rostrata
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, type of Yucca rostrata