Status: Native
Synonyms:
By var., see Allred
This yucca has almost no stem. The leaves and flower stalks
are both near the ground. The leaves have twisted fibers on the margins.
The fruit is large and fleshy. It is surprising how well this plant does
at a wide variation in elevation-- it is found in the lowest desert parts of the
Gila National Forest and up to 7000+ feet in the mountains.
Please click on an image for a larger file.
Yucca baccata, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, August 22, 2012
Yucca baccata, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Burro Mtns., Engineer Cyn., Apr. 21, 2007
Yucca baccata, with fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Cyn., June 18, 2007
Yucca baccata, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Lake Roberts, May 13, 2009
Yucca baccata, closeup of side of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Lake Roberts, May 13, 2009
Yucca baccata, bissected fruit, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009
Yucca baccata, closeup of bissected fruit, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009
Yucca baccata, closeup of typical "D" shaped yucca seeds, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Rocky Canyon, July 31, 2009
Yucca baccata, closeup of leaf with marginal fibrous strands, photo Russ Kleinman, WD Ranch Road, December 3, 2009
Yucca baccata, closeup of cross section of leaf , photo Russ Kleinman, WD Ranch Road, December 3, 2009
Yucca baccata, macro of cross section of leaf showing fibrovascular bundles in spongy parenchyma, photo Russ Kleinman, WD Ranch Road, December 3, 2009
Yucca baccata, just before flowers open, photo Russ Kleinman, WD Ranch Road, April 16, 2010
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