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Yucca filifera
Also called St Peter's palm
Palma China yucca is a tall, branching desert tree from central Mexico, with rosettes of stiff, sword-shaped leaves and long hanging clusters of white flowers in spring. It is grown outdoors in dry, sunny climates and needs very little water.
Yucca filifera is a member of the subfamily Agavaceae, family Asparagaceae, native to central Mexico.
Y. filifera can be cultivated in xerophytic conditions. It is used as roof covering and as a source of fibre for handcrafting by the indigenous people, who call it palma china or izote.
An enormous specimen of Yucca filifera stands in front of the Anderson Collection at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. It was transplanted to this site in the 1880s from the nearby Arizona Garden. In the spring, it bears long clusters of white flowers, some well over a meter long.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
