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Weak-leaf Yucca

Yucca flaccida

The Weak-leaf Yucca is a fun plant with long, pointy leaves that grow in a rosette shape. It has beautiful white flowers that bloom in the summer, attracting butterflies and bees!

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Weak-leaf Yucca has a rosette of flexible, sword-like leaves, often edged with curly white fibers, creating a shaggy look. From its center, a tall stalk emerges bearing numerous creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers that hang downwards.

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Weak-leaf Yucca

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

It can grow new plants from tiny underground stems, forming a big family!

Its roots can be used to make natural soap or shampoo!

Native Americans used the tough leaf fibers to weave baskets and sandals.

The unique fruit of some yuccas looks like a small, green banana!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Drought Master

Weak-leaf Yucca can store water in its roots and tolerate dry conditions, helping it survive in arid environments.

Fähigkeit

Moth Matchmaker

Weak-leaf Yucca has a special partnership with yucca moths, which are the only insects that pollinate its flowers.

Fähigkeit

Fiber Power

Weak-leaf Yucca has strong fibers in its leaves that help protect it from grazing animals and physical damage.

Maße und Details

Höhe
60-120 cm
Ausbreitung
90-150 cm
Blütengröße
5-7.5 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Yucca Moth

Tegeticula yuccasella

only insect that can pollinate its flowers

eats

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

browses on leaves and flower stalks

shelters

White-footed Mouse

Peromyscus leucopus

finds cover within the dense leaf clumps

Merkmale

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Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Don't touch the sharp leaves without adult supervision.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Weak-leaf Yucca?

60-120 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Weak-leaf Yucca?

90-150 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Weak-leaf Yucca?

5-7.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Weak-leaf Yucca?

Late spring to summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Weak-leaf Yucca?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Weak-leaf Yucca?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Weak-leaf Yucca?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Weak-leaf Yucca?

Insekten

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