Yucca faxoniana
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Yucca faxoniana (common names in other languages: Faxon Yucca, Spanish-Bayonet, Spanish-Dagger, Palma de San Pedro) is a species of palm lily ( Yucca ) in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).
description
The solitary Yucca faxoniana is trunk-forming and reaches heights of 2 to 7 meters. The variable stiff, blue, green, gray leaves are 1 to 1.4 meters long and form fibers on the leaf edges.
The upright, branched, dense inflorescence is 1 to 1.2 meters high. The elongated, white flowers are 5.5 to 9 inches long. The flowering period extends from March to May.
Yucca faxoniana is related to Yucca carnerosana . In contrast to it, it has shorter and wider leaves. It has similarities with Yucca torreyi and Yucca treculiana , but differs from them in that it has a thicker trunk. She is a representative of the Yucca section , Faxonianae series .
This species is frost-hardy to minus 20 ° C when dry . Ancient specimens can be admired in Albuquerque and Santa Fé, New Mexico. In Europe, in the botanical garden of Hamburg, a 50 year old 6 meter high specimen grows.
distribution
Yucca faxoniana is distributed in the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico in the states of Coahuila , Chihuahua and in the USA in the state of Texas , in mountain regions on stony slopes at altitudes between 1200 and 1600 meters. This species is often associated with yucca torreyi , yucca elata , yucca baccata , yucca rostrata , yucca treculiana , various agave and cactus species.
Systematics
The name honors Charles Edward Faxon (1846–1918).
The first description by William Trelease under the name Yucca australis was published in 1893.
The current description under the name Yucca faxoniana followed by Charles Sprague Sargent in 1905.
photos
Yucca faxoniana in Texas:
With fruits
end of May
Branched specimens
With remains of flowers
Individual evidence
literature
- Yucca faxoniana . Fritz Hochstätter (Ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae) . Volume 2 USA, Selbst Verlag, 2002, pp. 18–19, photo material pp. 76–80, first description pp. 226–227, pp. 301–302, ISBN 3-00-009008-8 .
- Yucca faxoniana . Fritz Hochstätter (Ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae) . Volume 3 Mexico and Baja California, self-published, 2004, pp. 13–15, photo material p. 77, p. 263, ISBN 3-00-013124-8 .
