Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana

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Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana
Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana (fh 1182.14 GA) Typical specimen in Georgia

Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana (fh 1182.14 GA) Typical specimen in Georgia

Systematics
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Palm lilies ( yucca )
Type : Filamentous palm lily ( Yucca filamentosa )
Subspecies : Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana
Scientific name
Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana
( Fernald ) Hochstätter

Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana (English common name "Fernald's Narrow Leaf Yucca") is a subspecies of the filamentous palm lily ( Yucca filamentosa ) in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).

description

Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana grows solitary or in small colonies. The narrow, blue-green leaves with fine edge fibers are typical . They are 20 to 40 cm long and 1.5 to 3 cm wide. The branched inflorescence that begins far above the leaves is 1.5 to 3 meters high. The pendulous, bell-shaped, white flowers are 2 to 4 cm in length and 2 to 4 cm in diameter. The flowering period is from May to June.

Yucca Filamentosae series Distribution area in the eastern USA

Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana is frost hardy to –15 ° C in Central Europe with protection in the winter months . The subspecies is rare in collections.

Occurrence

Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana is common in plains of sand dunes and grasslands in the states of Florida and Georgia .

Systematics

The valid description by Fritz Hochstätter under the name Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana was published in 2001.

Synonyms are Yucca smalliana Fernald 1944, Yucca filamentosa var. Smalliana HEAhles 1964 and Yucca flaccida var. Smalliana DBWard 2004

photos

Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana :

  • In grasslands in Florida

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cactus Flower 16: 7–12. 2001.
  2. ↑ Rhodora 46 (3): 8, 1944.
  3. ^ Journ. Elisha Mitchel Sci. Soc. 80 (2): 172.1964.
  4. ↑ Novon 14: 365-371. 2004.

literature

  • Yucca filamentosa subsp. smalliana . In: Fritz Hochstätter (Ed.): Yucca (Agavaceae) . Volume 2 USA, Selbstverlag, 2002, p. 277, photo material p. 287, 290, first description p. 266–267, p. 316, ISBN 3-00-009008-8 .

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