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Also called Faxon yucca, 🇪🇸 Spanish dagger (although do not confuse with sister-species ⚶ Mojave yucca Yucca schidigera which is also sometimes called that), Yucca treculeana, Yucca torreyi and more.
Part of ⚶ yucca genus Yucca (whose ❀ flower is the ❀ state flower of New Mexico) in asparagus family Asparagaceae.
Native to the Chihuahuan Desert of northern 🇲🇽 Mexico, southern New Mexico, and southwestern Texas. ▭ 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors), ▭ 🌎︎ 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 ⚶ Mojave yucca Yucca schidigera