OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY Agavaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Yucca aloifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Yucca aloifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-12-001:

Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Yucca aloifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Spanish Dagger, Aloe Yucca


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image of Yucca aloifolia, Spanish Dagger, Aloe Yucca

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_143

        

image of Yucca aloifolia, Spanish Dagger, Aloe Yucca

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmyaloifolia_hutch1

June    Colleton County    SC

Typical plants are erect and 5-10' tall w a densely leafy stem. Leaves stiff, rigid, dark green, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Yucca aloifolia, Spanish Dagger, Aloe Yucca

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231862014069328

July    Georgetown County?    SC

Leaf margins minutely notched-serrulate, not fraying from the leaf as stiff threads, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY Agavaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Yucca aloifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Yucca aloifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-12-001:
Yucca aloifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Yucca aloifolia

 

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1682

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: dunes; also cultivated and persistent, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (waifs in NC Piedmont)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaves spine-tipped

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, perianth globose to campanulate
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall

 

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