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Yucca flaccida
Also called Spanish bayonet, Adam's needle, Bear Grass, Flaccid Leaf Yucca, Weak Leaved Yucca
Weak-leaf yucca is a stemless, evergreen perennial shrub from eastern North America, grown for its sword-like leaves and tall creamy flower spikes. It thrives in full sun and very well-drained, sandy soil.
Yucca flaccida, commonly called Adam's needle or weak-leaf yucca, is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). It is native to south-central and southeastern North America, from the lower Great Plains eastward to the Atlantic seaboard in Virginia, south through Florida and the Gulf states. Its natural habitat is in sandy open woodlands and fields. It is not considered to be threatened by the IUCN.
It is cultivated and valued as an architectural plant. Numerous cultivars are available, some with variegated leaves, of which 'Golden Sword' and 'Ivory' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
A number of yucca moths lay their eggs upon Y. flaccida as a host plant, an example being Tegeticula intermedia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Yucca flaccida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
