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|accepted_name=Yucca schidigera
|accepted_authority=Roezl ex Ortgies
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gartenflora
|place=20: 110. 1871
|year=1871
}}
|common_names=Mohave yucca
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca californica
|authority=Nuttall ex Baker
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca mohavensis
|authority=Sargent
}}
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Yucca;Yucca schidigera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Yucca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Yucca schidigera]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 425
|treatment_page=page 429
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>forming colonies of rosettes, shrubby, caulescent, to 5 m. <b>Stems</b> 1–8, simple or sparingly branched. <b>Leaf</b> blade erect, yelloish green, sword-shaped, broadest at middle, markedly concave, thick, 33–130 × 3–5 cm, rigid, glabrous, margins entire, filiferous with coarse fibers. <b>Inflorescences</b> erect, paniculate, dense, arising entirely within or scarcely beyond rosettes, obovoid or ellipsoid and flat distally, 3–6 dm; peduncle scapelike, to 4 dm. <b>Flowers</b> pendent; perianth globose; tepals spreading, distinct, white or cream, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 3–5(–7.5) × 1–1.8 cm; filaments 2–2.5 cm, papillose at base; anthers 3.2 mm; pistil 1.8 × 2.5 cm; ovary 1.7–2.7 × 0.7–1.2 cm, apex abruptly tapered; style 1–2 mm; stigmas distinct. <b>Fruits</b> pendent, baccate, indehiscent, elongate, cylindrical, 5–11.5 × 3–4 cm, fleshy, succulent. <b>Seeds</b> gray, 8–11 mm diam., 6–9 mm thick, rugose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–early spring.
|habitat=Deserts and chaparral, rocky or gravelly mountain slopes
|elevation=300–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>Yucca schidigera is usually used for landscaping in the southwest and by Native Americans for food and fiber. Capsules made from inflorescence stalks are sold as natural health products.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Yucca schidigera
|author=
|authority=Roezl ex Ortgies
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Yucca californica;Yucca mohavensis
|basionyms=
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–early spring.
|habitat=Deserts and chaparral, rocky or gravelly mountain slopes
|elevation=300–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Gartenflora
|publication year=1871
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_878.xml
|genus=Yucca
|species=Yucca schidigera
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