Yucca faxoniana Sarg.

An evergreen shrub. It grows 3-5 m tall and spreads 2-3 m wide. It keeps growing from year to year. The old leaves remain hanging down on the plant. The trunk is stout and upright. It is 30 cm across. The leaves are in a ring. They are stiff and pointed. They are 0.9 m long and have sharply pointed tips. The edges can be red or black with curly threads. The flower stalk at the top is 0.9-1.2 m long. The flowers are creamy white and bell shaped. The fruit are reddish seed pods.

Rocky and gravelly mountain slopes, plains in xerophyllous scrub.; at elevations from 800-2,100 metres.

Can be grown by seedlings.