Beaked Yucca, Big Bend Yucca, Soyate, Palmita
Yucca rostrata
Liliaceae
Beaked Yucca is common in the Dead Horse Mountains and Black Gap wildlife refuge and other areas of west Texas. It is a thin-leafed tree yucca with several heads of bluish to yellowish leaves that have a sharp spine tip. The leaf margins are yellow and smooth.
Plant Habit or Use: small tree
Exposure: sun
Flower Color: white
Blooming Period: spring
summer
Fruit Characteristics: capsule
Height: to 15 ft.
Width: to 5 ft.
Plant Character: evergreen
Heat Tolerance: very high
Water Requirements: low
Soil Requirements: adaptable
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6
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