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yucca
plant, genus Yucca
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- Healthline - The Health Benefits of Yucca
- Royal Horticultural Society - Yucca
- CORE - Yucca: A medicinally significant genus with manifold therapeutic attributes
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Genus Yucca
- Nature - Analyzing a phenological anomaly in Yucca of the southwestern United States
- Drugs.com - Yucca
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Also known as: Yucca
Adam's needle
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Animals & Nature
- Related Topics:
- Agavoideae
- western Joshua tree
- Spanish dagger
- Adam’s needle
- Spanish bayonet
yucca, (genus Yucca), genus of about 40 species of succulent plants in the agave subfamily of the asparagus family (Asparagaceae), native to southern North America. Most species of yucca are stemless, with a rosette of stiff sword-shaped leaves at the base and clusters of waxy white flowers.
Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) in Joshua Tree National Park, California, U.S.
The Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) has a stem more than 10 metres (33 feet) high. Spanish bayonet (Y. aloifolia), Spanish dagger (Y. gloriosa), and Adam’s needle (Y. filamentosa) are commonly cultivated as ornamentals for their unusual appearance and attractive flower clusters.
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