Yucca schidigera

Yucca schidigera small group into bloom in California

Yucca schidigera is a plant of the genus yucca (Yucca ) in the family of asparagus plants ( Asparagaceae ).

Description

The solitary or with multiple stems growing Yucca schidigera reaches a height up to 3.5 meters. The stiff, smooth, yellow to green, fibrous 0.5 to 1.4 meters long leaves are arranged as required.

The erect, branched, starting from the leaves, dense inflorescence is 1 to 1.2 meters long. The spherical flowers are hermaphroditic and threefold. The six equal multiform bracts are white to cream-colored, sometimes the outer violet; they are 3 to 4.5 cm long and wide. The flowering period extends from March to May

Yucca schidigera is a member of the Section Yucca, serial Treculianae. It stands near to Yucca torreyi. However, they, unlike their more numerous and shorter stems.

In dry state Yucca schidigera is hardy to -15 ° C. Copies are in private gardens in New Mexico, in Albuquerque (Dave Ferguson ) and Belen (Horst Künzler ) to admire.

Dissemination

Yucca schidigera is growing in Mexico, Baja California and the United States in the Sonoran Desert, Mojave Desert and in the " Great Basin Desert " on plains and low hills at altitude 300-1800 meters. Associated this type is often associated with Yucca brevifolia, Yucca baccata, Yucca whipplei, Sclerocactus polyancistrus, Echinomastus johnsonii var lutescens, Echinocereus engelmannii, various species of cacti and Agave utahensis var eborispina.

System

The first description by Benedict Roezl under the name Yucca schidigera has been published in 1871.

Pictures

Yucca schidigera in Nevada:

Yucca schidigera for comparison in Nevada. In the background of the inflorescence Agave utahensis var eborispina

Yucca schidigera Yucca brevifolia in the background in rocky, hilly terrain in Nevada

Young plant with flowering Echinocereus engelmannii