Yucca rostrata

Species of flowering plant

Beaked yucca

Yucca rostrata

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Asparagaceae
Subfamily:  | Agavoideae
Genus:  | Yucca
Species:  |

Y. rostrata

Binomial name
Yucca rostrata

Engelm. ex Trel.

Synonyms[2]

* Yucca linearis (Trel.) D.J.Ferguson
* Yucca rostrata var. linearis Trel.

Yucca rostrata [3] also called beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the genus Yucca. The species is native to Texas, and the Chihuahua and Coahuila regions of Mexico. This species of Yucca occurs in areas that are arid with little annual rainfall. [4][5]

Detail of the trunk

Yucca rostrata has a trunk up to 4.5 meters tall, with a crown of leaves at the top. Leaves are thin, stiff, up to 60 cm long but rarely more than 15 mm wide, tapering to a sharp point at the tip. The inflorescence is a large panicle 100 cm tall, with white flowers.[4][5][6]

## Cultivation[edit]

As one of the hardiest trunk-forming yuccas, Yucca rostrata can be grown successfully outdoors down to USDA hardiness zone 5 and is popular in the Southwestern United States. The tree-like plant is commonly cultivated in El Paso, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Denver, Colorado.[7][8][9]

### Cultivars[edit]

* 'Sapphire Skies' has powder blue foliage.[10][11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ayala-Hernández, M.M.; Solano, E.; Puente, R.; Clary, K. (2020). "Yucca rostrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117428481A117470177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T117428481A117470177.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ The Plant List Yucca rostrata
3. ^ Trelease, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 68, plates 40–42, plate 84, fig. 3, plate 93, fig. 2. 1902.
4. ^ a b "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p 941. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
5. ^ a b Trelease, William. 1902. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 68, plates 40–42, plate 84, fig. 3, plate 93, fig. 2. Yucca rostrata
6. ^ Ferguson, David J. 1996. Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) Los Angeles 68(3): 130, Yucca linearis
7. ^ "Yuccalicious! Succulent delights at Denver Botanic Gardens' Yuccarama".
8. ^ "Hardy Tropical Plants: Yucca rostrata". Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
9. ^ "Forget 'cactus and gravel,' Red Butte's new Water Conservation Garden showcases beauty in the desert".
10. ^ Plant Delights Nursery, The Woodlands Texas, Sapphire Skies for sale/
11. ^ Mobnrovia Horticultural Craftsmen, Azusa California, Sapphire Skies Beaked Blue Yucca

Wikispecies has information related to Yucca rostrata.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yucca rostrata.

* Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.):  Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 1 Dehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest and Midwest of the USA, Canada and Baja California , Selbst Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-00-005946-6
* Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.):  Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 2 Indehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA, Selbst Verlag. 2002. ISBN 3-00-009008-8
* Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.):  Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 3 Mexico , Selbst Verlag, 2004. ISBN 3-00-013124-8
* Die Gattung Yucca Fritz Hochstätter
* Yucca I [1] Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Verbreitungskarte I Fritz Hochstätter

## External links[edit]

* Yucca rostrata care
* Common names of yucca species
* Interactive Distribution Map of Yucca rostrata
* photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, type of Yucca rostrata

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q310497
* Wikispecies: Yucca rostrata
* CoL: 5CT9S
* EoL: 1083605
* EPPO: UCCRO
* FNA: 242102073
* GBIF: 2775576
* GRIN: 464437
* iNaturalist: 290877
* IPNI: 543772-1
* IRMNG: 10855632
* ITIS: 43150
* IUCN: 117428481
* NCBI: 480103
* Open Tree of Life: 375045
* Plant List: kew-291734
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:543772-1
* Tropicos: 18401446
* WFO: wfo-0000752217

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