Yucca harrimaniae
| Yucca harrimaniae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Yucca |
| Species: | Y. harrimaniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Yucca harrimaniae Trel. | |
| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
Yucca harrimaniae Trel.,[4] the Spanish bayonet,[5] is a species in the family Asparagaceae, native to Utah, Nevada, Colorado, northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico, at elevations from 1000 m to 2700 m.[6][1][7]
Yucca harrimaniae is a small, acaulescent (stemless) species forming clumps of rosettes. Flowers are nodding (hanging downward), partly greenish-white, partly purplish. [8] The species is closely related to Y. sterilis (Neese & S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh & L.C.Higgins..[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Flora of North America vol 26 page 436
- ↑ Tropicos Yucca harrimaniae
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Trelease, Ann. Rept. Missouri Bot.Gard. 13:59. 1902.
- ↑ "Yucca harrimaniae". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ Benny's Cactus
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species
- ↑ Plants for a Future, Yucca harrimaniae
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