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Yucca flaccida Haw.

Weak-leaf yucca (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Yucca

Characteristics

An evergreen shrub. It grows 5-10 m high. It spreads 5-10 m wide. It has dead leaves which persist hanging on the stem. The new leaves are dark bluish-green and flexible. They are narrowly sword shaped. They are 55 cm long and have sharp tips. There are yellow teeth along the edge. These end in straight threads. The flowers are creamy white. They are on cylinder shaped heads.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.2 - 1.85
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Sands, old fields and bluffs. Sand pine-scrub oak, mixed pine-hardwood woodlands, old fields, coastal sands, open or semiopen sites and pine plantations.
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It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The flowers can be eaten raw or cooked.
Uses environmental use fiber medicinal oil
Edible flowers fruits stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Yucca flaccida leaf picture by Kyle Mackison (cc-by-sa)
Yucca flaccida leaf picture by fort mill (cc-by-sa)
Yucca flaccida leaf picture by fort mill (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Yucca flaccida world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Canada, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Nicaragua, Poland, and United States of America

Conservation status

Yucca flaccida threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:543694-1
WFO ID wfo-0000752230
COL ID 7GBH8
BDTFX ID 73145
INPN ID 130582
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Yucca filamentosa f. flaccida Yucca louisianensis Yucca smalliana Yucca freemanii Yucca glaucescens Yucca flaccida f. orchioides Yucca flaccida f. exigua Yucca exigua Yucca concava Yucca orchioides Yucca arkansana subsp. louisianensis Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii Yucca filamentosa subsp. concava Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana Yucca orchioides var. major Yucca flaccida var. orchioides Yucca flaccida var. major Yucca flaccida var. lineata Yucca flaccida var. integra Yucca flaccida var. grandiflora Yucca flaccida var. glaucescens Yucca filamentosa var. smalliana Yucca filamentosa var. grandiflora Yucca filamentosa var. flaccida Yucca flaccida var. exigua Yucca filamentosa var. concava Yucca filamentosa var. glaucescens Yucca filamentosa var. puberula Yucca filamentosa var. orchioides Yucca filamentosa f. concava Yucca filamentosa f. glaucescens Yucca filamentosa f. orchioides Yucca filamentosa f. puberula Yucca puberula Yucca flaccida var. smalliana Yucca flaccida
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