Encyclopedia of Stanford Trees, Shrubs, and Vines

Yucca aloifolia. SPANISH BAYONET. Southern United States, Mexico, West Indies
AGAVACEAE (Agave family)

Single-stemmed or branched, this yucca eventually reaches 10 feet in height; stems are more slender than those of other arborescent yuccas at Stanford. Leaves, 12 to 20 inches long with yellow margins, are arranged in a crowded spiral around the stem. Showy white blooms 4 inches across, some tinged red to purple, appear in dense erect clusters fall to winter. Look for this commonly cultivated yucca in the Arizona Garden and New Guinea Sculpture Garden.

Yucca aloifolia | Yucca filifera | Yucca recurvifolia | Yucca schottii | Yucca schidigera | Yucca whipplei

Illustrations (links open new windows): gallery

Name derivation, genus | species Haitian: yuca, or manihot, because young inflorescences sometimes roasted for food |

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