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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Yucca treculeana
|accepted_authority=Carrière
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rev. Hort.,
|place=580. 1858
|year=1858
}}
|common_names=Spanish dagger;palma pita
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Yucca longifolia
|authority=K. Koch
|rank=species
|publication_title=
|publication_place=1863
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca argospatha
|authority=Verlot
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca aspera
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca baccata var. australis
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca baccata var. macrocarpa
|authority=Torrey
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca canaliculata
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca canaliculata var. pendula
|authority=K. Koch
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca crassifila
|authority=Shafer
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca torreyi
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca treculeana var. succulenta
|authority=McKelvey
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Yucca undulata
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Yucca;Yucca treculeana
|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 treculeana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 425
|treatment_page=page 428
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>often forming colonies of rosettes, arborescent, to 7 m; rosettes with leaves hanging at various angles, giving an overall ragged appearance. <b>Stems</b> 1–8, occasionally 2–5-branched, 14–15 cm diam. <b>Leaf</b> blade erect, yellowish to bluish green, usually U- or V-shaped in cross section, thick, 36–128 × 1.6–7 cm, rigid, scabrous, margins entire, filiferous with straight, coarse fibers, light brown. <b>Inflorescences</b> erect, paniculate, arising mostly within rosettes, variable in shape, usually ovoid, 18 dm, glabrous, rarely slightly pubescent; peduncle scapelike, 0.3 m or longer. <b>Flowers</b> pendent; perianth globose; tepals distinct, cream-colored, occasionally tinged with purple, ovate, 2.7–8.1 × 1–3.4 cm, apex rounded or acute; filaments 1–2.7 cm, short-pubescent proximally; anthers 1–6 mm; pistil 1.5–3.5 × 0.5–1 cm; ovary 1.3–3.3 cm; style 2–8 mm; stigmas distinct. <b>Fruits</b> pendent, baccate, indehiscent, 4.4–18.7 × 1.8–4.6 cm, fleshy, succulent. <b>Seeds</b> black, 5–14 mm diam., 1–5 mm thick.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid winter–spring.
|habitat=Grassy or rocky slopes or mesas, brushland, chaparral
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;n Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Tamaulipas;Zacatecas).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Yucca treculeana
|authority=Carrière
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Yucca argospatha;Yucca aspera;Yucca baccata var. australis;Yucca baccata var. macrocarpa;Yucca canaliculata;Yucca canaliculata var. pendula;Yucca crassifila;Yucca torreyi;Yucca treculeana var. succulenta;Yucca undulata
|basionyms=Yucca longifolia
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid winter–spring.
|habitat=Grassy or rocky slopes or mesas, brushland, chaparral
|elevation=0–1600 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;n Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Tamaulipas;Zacatecas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Rev. Hort.,
|publication year=1858
|special status=
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|genus=Yucca
|species=Yucca treculeana
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