Yucca rupicola
species of plant
Yucca rupicola is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, known as the twistleaf yucca, twisted-leaf yucca, Texas yucca or twisted-leaf Spanish-dagger. The species was described by George Heinrich Adolf Scheele in 1850. This is a small, acaulescent plant with distinctive twisted leaves. It is native Texas and northeastern Mexico.
Description
Yucca rupicola forms colonies of rosettes, lacking trunks above-ground but producing a branched caudex under the surface. Leaves are narrowly lanceolate, slightly succulent, twisted, up to 60 cm long but about 40 mm wide at its widest point. Flowers are pendant (drooping), bell-shaped, white or greenish, and bloom from April through June. The blooming stalk can measure up to 1.8 m tall (6 feet). Fruit is a dry capsule up to 6 cm long that is dull black in appearance.
Distribution and habitat
Yucca rupicola is native to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas and Coahuila and Nuevo Leon in Mexico.
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