Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa
Common names: Mound-lily yucca
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Plants caulescent, branching near summits, to 5 m. Leaf blade mostly erect, blue-green, lanceolate, 40–70 × 4–6 cm, rigid, becoming more flexible with age, glaucous, margins brown. Inflorescences extending 4–5 dm beyond rosettes, ovoid to ellipsoid, 7.5–12 dm; peduncle 0.9–1.5 m. Flowers: tepals white to creamy white, 4–5 × 2–2.5 cm; filaments granular or powdery, pubescent. Berries pendent, 6-ribbed, 5.5–8 cm.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Coastal dunes
Elevation: 0 m
Distribution
Ga., N.C., S.C.
Discussion
Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa is usually cultivated in the southern United States and persists at old homesites. Named forms have been based on habit and leaf morphology.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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