Yucca filamentosa
Yucca filamentosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Yucca |
Species: | Y. filamentosa
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Binomial name | |
Yucca filamentosa |
Yucca filamentosa,
Description
Usually trunkless, it is
Taxonomy
Y. filamentosa is closely related to Y. flaccida and it is possible they should be classified as a single species.[5]
Names
Its common names include Adam's needle, common yucca, Spanish bayonet,[6] bear-grass, needle-palm, silk-grass, and spoon-leaf yucca.[7]
Distribution and habitat
The species is found from southeast Virginia south to Florida, and as far west as south and southeast Texas.[5] It has become naturalized along the Atlantic coastal plain north to Cape Cod and Long Island Sound, and into areas of the lower Midwest. It is reportedly also naturalized in France, Italy and Turkey.[8]
This plant is most commonly found in sandy soils, especially in beach scrub and dunes, but also in fields, barrens, and rocky slopes, though it grows well also in silt or clay soils.
Ecology
The plants are
Cultivation
Y. filamentosa is widely cultivated in mild
Cultivars
'Bright Edge', a dwarf cultivar with yellow-margined foliage and creamy flowers tinged with green, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[12][13] 'Color Guard', with broad yellow stripes all year plus red stripes in the winter, has also won the award.[14]
Other cultivars include:
- 'Golden Sword' - with yellow centered leaves and green margins.[15]
- 'Ivory Tower' - with larger, branched inflorescence.[16]
Uses
Once the seeds have been removed, the fruits can be cooked and eaten. The large flower petals can also be eaten in salads.[17]
The leaves, stems and roots of this plant can be used to stun fish.[18] The Cherokee used it for this purpose.[19]
References
- ^ Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 319. 1753.
- ^ "Yucca filamentosa". RHS. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Yucca filamentosa. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ The Reader's Digest Gardeners' Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Reader's Digest Association. Sydney. 1999.
- ^ a b c "Yucca filamentosa". Flora of North America.
- ^ Yucca filamentosa. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ "Yucca filamentosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Marr, D. L., et al. (2000). Pollen dispersal in Yucca filamentosa (Agavaceae): the paradox of self-pollination behavior by Tegeticula yuccasella (Prodoxidae). American Journal of Botany 87(5), 670-77.
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ^ "Tegeticula intermedia". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Yucca filamentosa 'Bright Edge'". RHS. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'". RHS. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-88192-901-0.
- ISBN 978-0-471-59919-7.
- ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
- ISBN 1-59453-294-X.
- ^ Yucca filamentosa. Native American Ethnobotany DB. University of Michigan, Dearborn.
External links
- Media related to Yucca filamentosa at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Yucca filamentosa at Wikispecies