Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii

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Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii
Yucca arkansana subsp. freemani colony in the prairie in Texas

Yucca arkansana subsp. freemani
colony in the prairie in Texas

Systematics
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Palm lilies ( yucca )
Type : Yucca arkansana
Subspecies : Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii
Scientific name
Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii
( Shinners ) Hochstätter

Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii is a subspecies of the Yucca arkansana plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).

description

Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii grows solitary or forms small groups. The variable, green, soft leaves are 15 to 60 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide. It forms fibers on the leaf margins.

The branched inflorescence that begins above the leaves is 1 to 1.8 meters high. The pendulous, bell-shaped, spherical, white to cream-colored flowers are 3 to 3.8 cm in length and 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. The hairless inflorescence is typical, while the subspecies Yucca arkansana subsp. louisianensis forms a hairy inflorescence. The flowering time is in June.

Occurrence

Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii is common in plains, sparse woodlands, and grasslands in the US states of Louisiana , Arkansas, and Texas . It is often associated with different types of cacti .

Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii is in Central Europe to minus 20 ° C frost-hardy . Ten-year-old specimens are in F. Hochstätter's collection unprotected in the open air.

Systematics

The botanical name honors HA Freeman. The valid description by Fritz Hochstätter under the name Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii was published in 2000.

Yucca freemanii Shinners (1951) is a synonym .

photos

Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii :

  • With fruits in October in Texas

  • In October in Texas with Opuntia macrorhiza with fruits

  • Inflorescence with buds in the collection of F. Hochstätter

  • With inflorescence in July

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yucca I 61, 2000.
  2. ↑ Field and Laboratory 19: 168-171. 1951.

literature

  • Yucca arkansana subsp. freemanii . In: Fritz Hochstätter (Ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae) . Volume 1 USA, self-published. 2000, p. 61, photo material p. 108-109, description p. 220, p. 239, ISBN 3-00-005946-6 .

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