(Spanish Bayonet)
Yucca glauca, Pawnee Buttes, Weld Co. 7600
Yucca glauca, Pawnee Buttes, Weld Co. 7608
Fruit, Yucca glauca, Pawnee Buttes, Weld Co. 7932
| Scientific Name | Yucca harrimaniae | USDA PLANTS Symbol | YUHA |
| Common Name | Spanish Bayonet | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 43144 |
| Family | Asparagaceae (Asparagus) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Life zones and habitat: Semidesert and mesas (4500 to 8000 ft.); dry desert slopes, foothills and plateaus. Plant: Short, round yucca shrub up to 20 inches tall (excluding inflorescence and fruit stem); often colony-forming. Leaves: Rosettes of pale green, concave, rigid leaf blades, linear- or spatulate-lanceolate, widest near middle, 12 to 20 inches long and 3/4 to 1-5/8-inches wide; margins are toothless, with white or brown threads; very sharp tips. Inflorescence: Flowering stalk 14 to 28 inches tall arising within or just above rosette; large bell-shaped, hanging flowers with creamy-white, yellow or greenish-yellow tepals usually tinged purple, 1-3/4 to 2 inches long; filaments 5/8 to 1-1/8 inches long; pale green pistil 1 to 1-1/2 inches long and pale to bright green style. Bloom Period: May and June. Fruit: Erect cylindrical fruit capsules usually deeply constricted toward center 1-1/4 to 2-3/8 inches long References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield and SEINet. |
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