Yucca with long tough leaves, commonly used for medicinal purposes.

Yucca Filamentosa

Yucca with long tough leaves, commonly used for medicinal purposes.

A species of perennial evergreen belonging to the century plant family.

Yucca Glauca

A species of perennial evergreen belonging to the century plant family.

Also known as Yucca schottii. A branch from the Hoary Yucca, a species of plant from the agave family.

Branch of Hoary Yucca

Also known as Yucca schottii. A branch from the Hoary Yucca, a species of plant from the agave family.

An illustration of the Yucca Palm which grows in California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.

Yucca Palm

An illustration of the Yucca Palm which grows in California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada.

Perennial shrub of the agavee family, known for evergreen rosettes.

Yucca Radiosa

Perennial shrub of the agavee family, known for evergreen rosettes.

Also known as Yucca schidigera. A flowering plant that is native to the Mojave Desert in the Western United States.

Branch of Spanish Bayonet

Also known as Yucca schidigera. A flowering plant that is native to the Mojave Desert in the Western…

An illustration of the Yucca gloriosa, commonly referred to as the Spanish Dagger. The yucca gloriosa is an evergreen shrub of the family Agavaceae, and the genus Yucca. The yucca is caulescent, 0.5 - 2.5 meters tall, usually with several stems from the base and its base is thickened in adult specimens. Other commons names are Moundlily Yucca, Soft-tipped Yucca, Spanish Bayonet and Sea Islands Yucca.

Spanish Dagger (Yucca)

An illustration of the Yucca gloriosa, commonly referred to as the Spanish Dagger. The yucca gloriosa…

Also known as Yucca gloriosa. The branch of a Spanish Dagger plant, part of the agave family.

Branch of Spanish Dagger

Also known as Yucca gloriosa. The branch of a Spanish Dagger plant, part of the agave family.

Also known as Yucca treculeana. The branch of a Texas Bayonette, a species of perennial shrubs in the agave family.

Branch of Texas Bayonette

Also known as Yucca treculeana. The branch of a Texas Bayonette, a species of perennial shrubs in the…

Plant member of the lily family, known for a lump of pointed leaves and flowering stalk.

Yucca Treculeana

Plant member of the lily family, known for a lump of pointed leaves and flowering stalk.

"Yucca is a genus of American plants, natural order Liliaceæ popularly known as Adam's needle. They are evergreen shrubs, their stem tending to arborescence, crowned by a circle of linear, lanceolate, rigid leaves, from the center of which rises a large panicle of snow-white, whitish-green or cream-colored flowers."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Yucca

"Yucca is a genus of American plants, natural order Liliaceæ popularly known as Adam's needle.…

A genus of plants of the lily family, having woody stems, lanceolate leaves, and a large panicle of showy, whitish, bell-shaped, drooping flowers.

Yucca

A genus of plants of the lily family, having woody stems, lanceolate leaves, and a large panicle of…

"A plant may be operated on wherever the stem has become firm and woody; the top will not fail to make a fine young specimen plant, which migt be removed in the course of abot twelve months, while other shoots would no doubt be obtained from the old stem, which, with its head thus removed, might be removed to quarters where steadying if the stem were loaded with a pot or box of soil, as at a in the figure." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Yucca

"A plant may be operated on wherever the stem has become firm and woody; the top will not fail to make…

A branch of Yucca arborescens, a species in the agave family.

Branch of Yucca Arborescens

A branch of Yucca arborescens, a species in the agave family.

The branch of a Yucca faxoniana, a species of perennial shrub native to the southwest United States.

Branch of Yucca Faxoniana

The branch of a Yucca faxoniana, a species of perennial shrub native to the southwest United States.

The branch of a Yucca macrocarpa, a species of agave plant.

Branch of Yucca Macrocarpa

The branch of a Yucca macrocarpa, a species of agave plant.

The branch and fruit of a Yucca mohavensis, a species of plant from the agave family.

Branch of Yucca Mohavensis

The branch and fruit of a Yucca mohavensis, a species of plant from the agave family.

The branch of a Yucca Radiosa, a species of perennial shrub from the agave family.

Branch of Yucca Radiosa

The branch of a Yucca Radiosa, a species of perennial shrub from the agave family.

"A several-seeded, dehiscent, dry fruit."—Nicholson, 1884

Pod of Yucca

"A several-seeded, dehiscent, dry fruit."—Nicholson, 1884