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Yucca aloifolia Linnaeus. Common name: Spanish Dagger. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Oct-Dec. Habitat: Dunes; also cultivated and persisting for decades at old homesteads, dump sites, and along railroads. Distribution: Se. VA south to s. FL and west to se. TX; Bahamas; also in s. Mexico (Villaseñor 2016).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: This species is widely cultivated and variegated horticultural forms with white and yellow stripes on the leaves are common.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, ETx1, FNA26, K4, Meso6, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Va, WH3, Clary & Adams (2021); = n/a — C, F. Basionym: Yucca aloifolia L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Yucca aloifolia - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: UPL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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native range: southeastern United States



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