Yucca gloriosa var. tristis

Yucca gloriosa var. tristis (syn. Yucca recurvifolia, Yucca gloriosa var. recurvifolia),[1] known as curve-leaf yucca,[2] curved-leaved Spanish-dagger[3] or pendulous yucca,[4] is a variety of Yucca gloriosa. It is often grown as an ornamental plant,[5][6] and is native to the southeastern United States, from coastal North Carolina south through Florida and west to Texas.[7] In contrast to Y. gloriosa var. tristis, the leaves of Y. gloriosa var. gloriosa are hard stiff, erect and narrower.

Yucca gloriosa var. tristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Yucca
Species:
Y. gloriosa
Variety:
Y. g. var. tristis
Trinomial name
Yucca gloriosa var. tristis

Yucca gloriosa var. tristis is often found in sandy habits like coastal sand dunes and beach scrub along with species of Opuntia. Growing a trunk often 1.2 to 1.8 metres (4 to 6 feet) high, this yucca will often branch and sucker to form colonies in the area it is planted in. Cultivated in the warmer areas of Europe and the parts of Australia. In the United States a popular landscape plant in beach resort areas along the lower East Coast from coastal Maryland to Florida. It (or its cultivar(s)) is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit under the Yucca recurvifolia name.

Notes
  1. "Yucca recurvifolia", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-02-27, search for "Yucca recurvifolia"
  2. Yucca recurvifolia at USDA Plants Database Profile
  3. "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. Yucca recurvifolia at NC State University
  5. Wood, John (2006) [1884]. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  6. Yucca recurvifolia at University of Arizona
  7. Irish, Gary & Mary (2000). Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants.

Further reading
  • Fritz Hochstätter, ed. (2000). Dehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest and Midwest of the USA, Canada and Baja California. Yucca (Agavaceae). 1. Selbst Verlag. ISBN 3-00-005946-6.
  • Fritz Hochstätter, ed. (2002). Indehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA. Yucca (Agavaceae). 2. Selbst Verlag. ISBN 3-00-009008-8.
  • Fritz Hochstätter, ed. (2004). Mexico. Yucca (Agavaceae). 3. Selbst Verlag. ISBN 3-00-013124-8.
  • Yucca plant care
  • Common names of Yucca species
  • Yucca I Verbreitungskarte I Fritz Hochstätter


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