First Description

Linnaea 23: 143, 1850

Synonyms

Yucca contorta Regel (1858)

Yucca contorta Carrière (1858)
    (Revue Horticole, ser. 4, 7: 579-580, 1858)

Yucca lutescens Carrière (1858)
    (Revue Horticole, ser. 4, 7: 579, 1858)

Yucca rupicola var. tortifolia Engelmann (1873)
    (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 3: 48, 1873)

Yucca tortifolia Lindheimer ex Torrey (1859)
    (Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Botany 2(1): 221, 1859)

Yucca tortilis Hort. ex Carrière (1858)
    (Revue Horticole, ser. 4, 7: 579, 1858)

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Basic Data

Subgenus

Chaenoyucca

Section

Rupicolae

Diameter

up to 120cm

Inflorescence

up to 3m

Flower Color

whitish

Flowering Time

May - June

Reproduction

seed

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Natural Location

Occurrence

Texas

Remarks

Indoor Summer

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Watering

Indoor Winter

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Outdoor

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