Yucca filifera Chabaud

A shrub.

Commonly found on exposed slopes in canyons with limestone and clay soils, and in calcareous soils that are well drained or with poor drainage, between desert scrub vegetation, at elevations from 500-2,780 metres.

The flowers are eaten raw or cooked. They can also be dried and crushed and used as flavouring. The flowering stems are cooked and used like asparagus. The fruit are eaten raw.

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions, seedlings or suckers. Seeds needs soaking.