Gray palm lily
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Inflorescence of Yucca aloifolia in Georgia. |
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The gray palm lily ( Yucca aloifolia ) (English common names : Aloe Yucca, Spanish Dagger) is a species of palm lily ( Yucca ) in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).
description
The gray palm lily forms stems 2 to 3 meters high. The stiff, sword-shaped, toothed, green leaves are 30 to 50 cm long and 2 to 3 cm wide.
The branched, dense inflorescence that begins in the leaves is 0.3 to 0.8 meters high. The pendulous, bell-shaped to elongated, white flowers are 2.5 to 3.5 cm in length and 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. It is a representative of the Yucca series Yucca and is often confused with Yucca gloriosa , but the leaves are softer. The fruits, which are red in color when ripe, are characteristic.
Occurrence
The gray palm lily is common on the Gulf Coast in the USA in the states Louisiana , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Florida , in Mexico , in the state of Oaxaca , in sand dunes near the coast and in sparse forests. This species often grows in association with various types of cacti .
They are naturalized in Mediterranean regions in Europe.
Short periods of frost down to around minus 12 ° C are tolerated.
Systematics
The first description by Carl von Linné under the name Yucca aloifolia was published in 1753.
A variety of hybrids are known e.g. B. Yucca desmetiana Baker (= Yucca aloifolia × Yucca filamentosa complex) or Yucca aloifolia tricolor Bommer.
photos
Yucca aloifolia :
Small colony in Georgia.
With ripe fruits in South Carolina.
literature
- Yucca aloifolia . Fritz Hochstätter (Ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae) . Volume 2 In the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA, Selbstverlag, 2004, pp. 26–29, photo material pp. 103–104, first description pp. 236–241, p. 304, ISBN 3-00-009008-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl von Linne: Species Plantarum . 1st edition, Stockholm 1753, Volume 1, p. 319
