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Navajo Yucca

Yucca baileyi Wooton & Standl.

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Some populations of Yucca baileyi comprise compact colonies of semierect, branched plants instead of scattered, cespitose individuals. These populations were recognized as var. navajoa by J. M. Webber (1953), who noted that Y. baileyi possibly hybridizes with Y. glauca and Y. angustissima.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 426, 432, 435, 436, 437 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Plants solitary or cespitose, forming colonies 1.3–2 m diam., acaulescent, erect or semierect, up to 0.2 m; rosettes usually small, symmetrical. Leaf blade yellowish green, plano-convex or plano-keeled, occasionally falcate, widest near middle, 25–45 (–50) × 0.6–0.9 cm, rigid, smooth adaxially and abaxially, margins entire, recurved, filiferous, whitish, apex spinose, spine acicular, to 3.2 mm. Inflorescences racemose, arising within or just beyond rosettes, 2.5–4.5(–8.5) dm; bracts erect, purplish; peduncle scapelike, 0.1–0.2 m, less than 2.5 cm diam. Flowers pendent; perianth campanulate; tepals distinct, ovate to obovate or elliptic, 5–6.5 × 1.5–3.2 cm; filaments to 2 cm, finely pubescent; pistil green, 2.5–3.2 × 0.8 cm; style white, 7 mm; stigmas lobed. Fruits erect, capsular, dehiscent, oblong-cylindric, not usually constricted, 5 × 2.5 cm, dehiscence septicidal. Seeds dull black, thin, 6–10 mm.
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Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah.
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Flowering/Fruiting

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Flowering spring.
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Habitat

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Mountains, adjacent woodlands and grasslands; 1300--2500m.
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Synonym

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Yucca baileyi var. navajoa (J. M. Webber) J. M. Webber; Y. navajoa J. M. Webber; Y. standleyi McKelvey
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Yucca baileyi

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Yucca baileyi is a plant in the family Agavaceae. It is native to Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado but has been cultivated elsewhere.[3] Much of its native range is within the boundaries of the Navajo (Diné) Reservation, hence the common name "Navajo yucca." The Navajo people make extensive use of yucca fibers to make a wide assortment of useful and ceremonial items. They also use the roots as soap.[4][5] It is not considered to be threatened, as it has a large range and an overall stable population.[1]

Yucca baileyi is a relatively small species, usually acaulescent but sometimes with a short leafy stem. It can produce as many as 15 rosettes. Flowering stalk is up to 150 cm tall, with greenish-white to slightly purplish flowers.[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b Hodgson, W.; Salywon, A. (2020). "Yucca baileyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117423069A117469952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T117423069A117469952.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Yucca baileyi
  3. ^ Wooton, Elmer Ottis, & Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1913, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 114–115.
  4. ^ Dykeman Roebuck Archaeology, ethnobotany, Yucca
  5. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 435.
  6. ^ Benny's Kaktus
  7. ^ Reveal, James Lauritz. Intermountain Flora 6: 532. 1977.
  8. ^ Hochstätter, F. Cactaceae Rev. 1(2): 21. 1999.
  9. ^ McKelvey, Susan Delano. Yuccas of the Southwestern United States 2: 116–122, map 4, pl. 44–47. 1947.
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Yucca baileyi: Brief Summary

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Yucca baileyi is a plant in the family Agavaceae. It is native to Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado but has been cultivated elsewhere. Much of its native range is within the boundaries of the Navajo (Diné) Reservation, hence the common name "Navajo yucca." The Navajo people make extensive use of yucca fibers to make a wide assortment of useful and ceremonial items. They also use the roots as soap. It is not considered to be threatened, as it has a large range and an overall stable population.

Yucca baileyi is a relatively small species, usually acaulescent but sometimes with a short leafy stem. It can produce as many as 15 rosettes. Flowering stalk is up to 150 cm tall, with greenish-white to slightly purplish flowers.

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