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Also called soaptree, soapweed and palmella. Despite this last common name, not a 🌴︎ palm family Arecaceae.
Instead, part of ⚶ yucca genus Yucca (whose ❀ flower is the ❀ state flower of New Mexico) in asparagus family Asparagaceae.
Native to the 🏜 Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts in 🇲🇽 Mexico and 🇺🇸 USA. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Yucca hosts caterpillars of 29 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas.
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🏠︎ ⚶ yucca genus Yucca