Also called 🇪🇸 Spanish dagger, although do not confuse with sister-species ⚶ Torrey yucca  Yucca faxoniana which is also sometimes called that.

Part of ⚶ yucca  genus Yucca (whose ❀ flower is the ❀ state flower of New Mexico) in asparagus  family Asparagaceae.

Native to Mojave, Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts of 🇲🇽 Mexico and southwestern 🇺🇸 USA.   ▭ 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Yucca hosts caterpillars of 29 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Learn more about ⚶ Mojave yucca Yucca schidigera

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