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Yuccafilamentosa Linnaeus. Curlyleaf Yucca, Spoonleaf Yucca. Phen: Late Apr-early Jun; Sep-Oct. Hab: Woodlands, forests, dunes, sandhills, roadsides, disturbed areas. Wooded margins of granite flatrocks and similar fire-shadow sites in sandhills. Dist: S. NJ south to GA, west to MS; escaped from cultivation over a broader area of e. United States.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, F, FNA26, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, S13, Tat, Va, W, WV, Ward (2004c); = Yuccafilamentosa L. var. filamentosa – RAB; = Yuccasmalliana Fernald – Il; > Yuccaconcava Haw. – S; < Yuccafilamentosa L. – C, G, K1; > Yuccafilamentosa L. – S
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Height:4-8 ft.
plant sale text:Adam's-needle has rosettes of stiff, blue-green evergreen leaves that, on a mature plant, may grow up to 2 1/2 feet long. Creamy white flowers are borne on upright stalks rising above the foliage. This is a hardy member of the agave family. Its native habitat is typically sand dunes and pine barrens of the coastal plain, though it is occasionally seen in the mountains, from North Carolina south to Georgia. The Catawba and Cherokee tribes used this species for a variety of medicinal uses and as a soap substitute.
