with many leaves in a cluster (filling a hemisphere) near the ground or at end of each stem or branch, and leaves=spear-shaped, no petiole, and …

flexible like 🌾︎ grass;  may have large flower grouping on tall stem
soaptree yucca  Yucca elata

stiff, edged with ⍋ sharp fibers
⚶ Mojave yucca  Yucca schidigera
stiff, edged with white threads
⚶ Torrey yucca  Yucca faxoniana

Learn more about ⚶ yucca genus Yucca

Part of asparagus  family Asparagaceae.

🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).

The ⚶❀ yucca flower is the 🏛❀ state flower of New Mexico.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

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

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🏠︎ 🌴︎ palm  family Arecaceae
Joshua tree  Yucca brevifolia soaptree yucca  Yucca elata ⚶ Torrey yucca  Yucca faxoniana ⚶ Mojave yucca  Yucca schidigera