Encyclopedia of Stanford Trees, Shrubs, and Vines

Yucca whipplei. OUR LORD's CANDLE. s Sierra Nevada (especially e slope), s South Coast Ranges, Southwestern California, sw edge Mojave Desert
AGAVACEAE (Agave family)

Small specimen recently planted in Arizona Garden. Wilson reported a now lost specimen in the Arizona Garden and estimated it was planted about 1930. Albert Wilson (1938) Distintive Trees, Shrubs, and Vines in the Gardens of the San Francisco Peninsula.

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

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

Related material: Jepson Interchange Yucca whipplei

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