Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies
Mohave Yucca
Agavaceae
Protologue: Gartenflora 20: 110 (1871)
Pronunciation: Yúc-ca schi-dí-ge-ra
Etymology: yucca, a Haitian name for manihot + Latin meaning "bearing a splinter of wood"
Jepson eFlora Treatment
SD County Synoptic Voucher
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Distribution:
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.
Vegetative stem is caulescent (elevated above ground). Note filiferous leaf margins, derived from thread-like fibrovascular bundles.
Inflorescence is a large panicle. Flowers have a biseriate, homochlamyderous perianth. Stamen filaments are swollen with tiny anthers.
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