Yucca flaccida
Yucca flaccida with inflorescence in Georgia.
The Sagging Yucca (Yucca flaccida ) (English common name: Flaccid Leaf Yucca ) is a plant of the genus yucca (Yucca ) in the family of asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ).
Description
The Sagging yucca grows solitary, stemless or with short stems. The leaves are in contrast to the leaves of Yucca filamentosa variable, thin, soft, smooth, and have at the leaf margins fine fibers. They are green to blue-green and 20 to 70 cm long and 1-3 cm wide.
The leaves in the beginning, branched inflorescence is 2 to 4 feet high. The hanging bell-shaped, white to cream-colored flowers have a length and a diameter of 3 to 6 cm. The flowering period extends from June to July.
Occurrence and systematics
The Sagging Yucca is closely related to the filamentous Yucca (Yucca filamentosa ), is to be distinguished clearly by the thin, soft leaves. It grows in mountainous areas in rocky terrain, while the Filamentous Yucca is located in coastal regions. This species belongs to the section Chaenocarpa series Filamentosae.
The Sagging Yucca is in Central Europe hardy to minus 20 ° C. The well-known in the collections of garden forms are hybrids. Attempts by the hand pollination of F. Hochstätter with these hybrids, such as Yucca elata and Yucca pallida, were successful.
The Sagging Yucca has deposits in the states of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Washington, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Kentucky in mountainous regions of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Pockono Mountains in sparse forests at elevations between 200 and 950 meters.
The first description by Adrian Hardy Haworth under the name Yucca flaccida was published in 1819.
Pictures
Yucca flaccida:
With ripe, red fruits in Pennsylvania.
In an open woodland in Kentucky.