Yucca baccata var. baccata

Common names: Banana yucca blue yucca datil
Illustrated
Synonyms: Yucca baccata var. vespertina Yucca vespertina
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 427. Mentioned on page 428.

Plants acaulescent or caulescent. Stems, if present, 1–6, aerial or subterranean, shorter than 0.3 m. Leaf margins coarse, curling. Inflorescences arising completely within or extending 1/4 beyond rosettes; peduncle 0.6–0.8 m.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, pinyon, oak, and juniper woodlands, grasslands
Elevation: 400–2500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Nev., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Chihuahua)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thick" is not a number. "thin" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. "dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

longitudinal +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular +
sharp-pointed +
William J. Hess +  and R. Laurie Robbins +
Torrey in W. H. Emory +
elliptic +, ovate +, oblanceolate +, lanceolate +  and linear +
expanded +
fleshy +  and rigid +
reflexed +, erect +  and ascending +
scale-like +
Banana yucca +, blue yucca +  and datil +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +  and Mexico (Chihuahua) +
400–2500 m +
elongated +
flattened +
0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
broadened +
tinged with purple +  and cream-colored +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
indehiscent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (23 cm230 mm <br />0.23 m <br />) +
elongate +
succulent +  and fleshy +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
Rocky slopes, pinyon, oak, and juniper woodlands, grasslands +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
glaucous +  and scabrous +
concavo-convex +
long-lived +  and annual +
dentate +, serrulate +  and entire +
denticulate +  and entire +
6-lobed +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
not +  and articulate +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
campanulate +
semisucculent +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
4-5(-7) times longer than broad +
oblong-cylindrical +  and obovoid +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
obovate +
Illustrated +
exserted +  and included +
branched +  and simple +
subterranean +  and aerial +
1 +  and 6 +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
white;pale green +
1 +  and 3 +
list +  and count +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
collar-like +
white +  and dark green +
exserted +  and included +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Yucca baccata var. vespertina +  and Yucca vespertina +
Yucca baccata var. baccata +
Yucca baccata +
variety +
whitish;cream or tinged slightly with green or tinged slightly with purple +
caulescent +  and acaulescent +
aboveground +  and subterranean +
polygamodioecious +, dioecious +, monoecious +, polycarpic +  and monocarpic +
small;gigantic +
petal-like +