...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Yucca from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Yucca filamentosa
FAMILY
Agavaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Yucca filamentosa
FAMILY
Agavaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-12-003a:
Yucca filamentosa var. filamentosa
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Yucca filamentosa
COMMON NAME:
Beargrass, Spoonleaf Yucca, Curlyleaf Yucca, Adam's Needle
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_yufi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0403e_17
March Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Leaves in a rosette, firm, leaf margins fraying into filamentous threads, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3924
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Plant with a very short trunk or the trunk absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4307
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4318
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmy_glass2
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flowers greenish-white, bell-like, growing on a woody central stalk. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm080629_004
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Fruit an erect capsule with flattened black seeds stacked like coins, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm080629_007
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Seeds flattened, black, 6-7mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm080629_040
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080629_041
June Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence branches glabrous; tepals 5-7cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Tim Spira tpsyfilamentosa_moth
June
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Tim Spira tpsyfilamentosa
July
Large, nodding flowers on a branched inflorescence on a 3-9' tall stalk, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Tim Spira tpsyfilamentosa2
August
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmyfilamentosa_3
Month Unknown
Leaves basal, spiky, rigid, in a rosette, with loose threads on the margins. — Patrick McMillan