Yucca angustissima var. toftiae

(S. L. Welsh) Reveal in A. Cronquist et al.

in A. Cronquist et al., Intermount. Fl. 6: 534. 1977.

Endemic
Basionym: Yucca toftiae S. L. Welsh Great Basin Naturalist 34: 308, fig. 3. 1975
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 435. Mentioned on page 434.

Plants acaulescent or short-caulescent. Stems erect, to 1 m, 2.3–4.5 m with peduncle and inflorescence. Leaf-blade linear, 20–75 × 0.4–1.7 cm, rigid. Inflorescences mostly racemose, sometimes paniculate proximally, 4–20 dm; peduncle 1.2–2.5 m. Flowers 3–5.2 cm; tepals creamy white, elliptic to lanceolate-ovate; filaments 0.7–2.4 cm; pistil 1.5–3.2 cm; style 3–10 mm. Capsules moderately constricted, 4.5–6 cm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Sandy hillsides of desert mesas
Elevation: 2000 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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longitudinal +
0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular +
long-acuminate +
William J. Hess +  and R. Laurie Robbins +
(S. L. Welsh) Reveal in A. Cronquist et al. +
Yucca toftiae +
elliptic +, ovate +, oblanceolate +, lanceolate +  and linear +
expanded +
fleshy +  and rigid +
scale-like +
constricted +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2000 m +
elongated +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
flattened +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
broadened +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5.2 cm52 mm <br />0.052 m <br />) +
septicidal +, 2cm +  and 3cm +
constricted +
fleshy +  and dry +
Sandy hillsides of desert mesas +
paniculate +  and racemose +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (75 cm750 mm <br />0.75 m <br />) +
plano-keeled +, concavo-convex +, lanceolate +  and linear +
0.4cm;1.7cm +
long-lived +  and annual +
green +, gray +, brownish +  and white +
denticulate +  and entire +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
6-lobed +
not +  and articulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +
campanulate +  and globose +
semisucculent +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
oblong-cylindrical +  and obovoid +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
in A. Cronquist et al., Intermount. Fl. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
ovate +, obovate +, round +  and flattened +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
acicular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
exserted +  and included +
aboveground +  and subterranean +
230 cm2,300 mm <br />2.3 m <br /> (450 cm4,500 mm <br />4.5 m <br />) +
white;pale green +
1 +  and 3 +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
white +  and pale green +
exserted +  and included +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Clistoyucca +  and Samuela +
Yucca angustissima var. toftiae +
Yucca angustissima +
variety +
creamy white +
distinct +
3cm +  and 6.5cm +
elliptic +  and lanceolate-ovate +
1.3cm;2.5cm +
short-caulescent +  and acaulescent +
forming small to large colonies +  and solitary +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
aboveground +  and subterranean +
polygamodioecious +, dioecious +, monoecious +, polycarpic +  and monocarpic +
small;gigantic +
petal-like +