Yucca angustissima var. kanabensis (Mckelvey) Reveal

Kanab yucca (en)

Variety

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Characteristics

Plants forming small to extremely large colonies, caulescent or short-procumbent. Stems short-pro-cumbent, 0.1–0.4 m, 2–3.5 m with peduncle and inflorescence. Leaf blade plano-convex or plano-keeled, 45–80(–150) × 1.2–2 cm, stiff but somewhat flexible, smooth abaxially, slightly roughened adaxially. Inflorescences racemose, 10–20 dm; peduncle 1–1.5 m. Flowers 5.5–6.5 × 2.3–4 cm; tepals often tinged pink or brown, elliptic to orbiculate; filaments 2.5–2.8 cm; anthers 5–6 mm; pistil oblong-cylindric, 3–3.5 × 0.7–0.9 cm; style 5–8 mm. Capsules moderately constricted, 6.5–7.5 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -11
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Yucca angustissima var. kanabensis world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Yucca angustissima var. kanabensis threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270276-2
WFO ID wfo-0000752107
COL ID 5S5S4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Yucca kanabensis Yucca angustissima subsp. kanabensis Yucca angustissima var. kanabensis