Yucca pallida

Yucca pallida with inflorescence in May in Texas

Yucca pallida (English common name: Pale Leaf Yucca ) is a plant of the genus yucca (Yucca ) in the family of asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ).

Description

Yucca pallida grows solitary and forms stemless or small groups. The variable blue to gray-green leaves are 20-35 cm long, 1 to 1.5 cm wide at the base to 3 cm. They are finely serrated at the leaf margins like all members of the Section Chaenocarpa series Rupicolae.

The above the leaves beginning, branched inflorescence is 1-3 meters high. The hanging bell-shaped, white to cream-colored flowers have a length from 5 to 6.5 cm and a diameter of 2 to 3.5 cm. The flowering period extends from April to June.

Occurrence and systematics

Yucca pallida is related to Yucca rupicola, another representative of the section Chaenocarpa series Rupicolae. However, they can be clearly distinguished by the unique, twisted leaves.

Yucca pallida is in Central Europe, Germany, Mannheim hardy to -20 ° C. Amazingly, she is one of the hardest Yuccas in Central Europe, although in the area of ​​distribution in Texas hardly ever occurs frost. Without any protection, this type is cultivated in the collection of F. Hochstätter for nearly 20 years. However, it is rare in collections.

The botanical name pallida refers to the rather pale color of the leaves.

Yucca pallida is used in " Blackland Prairie " in Texas in calcareous, stony soils and grasslands at altitudes between 200 and 300 m. This type is often found associated with various cacti species.

The first description by Susan Adams McKelvey under the name Yucca pallida has been published in 1947.

Pictures

Yucca pallida in Texas:

End of September