PLANTS Profile for Yucca flaccida (weak-leaf yucca)

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PLANTS Profile

Yucca flaccida Haw.
weak-leaf yucca

Symbol:

YUFL2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Agavaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Shrub
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Yucca flaccida Haw.

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Synonyms:
Yucca flaccida Haw.

	YUFIS	Yucca filamentosa L. var. smalliana (Fernald) H.E. Ahles
	YUSM	Yucca smalliana Fernald

Distribution:
Yucca flaccida Haw.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Yucca flaccida Haw.

View 10 genera in Agavaceae, 30 species in Yucca

Classification:
Yucca flaccida Haw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Agavaceae – Century-plant family
Genus	Yucca L. – yucca
Species	Yucca flaccida Haw. – weak-leaf yucca

More Accounts and Images:
Yucca flaccida Haw.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 11/23/2009 08:08 PM MST