First Description

Botanical Gazette 7: 17, 1882

Synonyms

Yucca angustifolia var. elata Engelmann (1873)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 3: 50, 1873)

Yucca angustifolia var. radiosa Engelmann (1871)
    (Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, Vol. 5 Botany: 496, 1871)

Yucca elata var. magdalenae Hort. Mattern
    (nom. inval., Art. 29.1)

Yucca radiosa (Engelmann) Trelease (1892)
    (Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 3: 163, 1892)

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Basic Data

Subgenus

Chaenoyucca

Section

Elatae

Diameter

up to 140cm

Inflorescence

0.5-1.5(2)m

Flower Color

whitish

Flowering Time

April - June

Reproduction

seed

Common Name

Natural Location

Occurrence

Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua

Remarks

Indoor Summer

Exposition

sunny

Watering

plenty

Indoor Winter

Temperature

keep frost free

Soil

keep totally dry

Outdoor

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Hardiness