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Yucca harrimaniae
Also called Narrow-leaf yucca, Harriman's Yucca, Salt Lake Desert Yucca, Dwarf Yucca
Yucca harrimaniae is a small, stemless yucca that forms clumps of spiky rosettes and nodding greenish-white and purplish flowers. It is native to dry high-elevation areas of the western US and is grown in full sun with excellent drainage.
Yucca harrimaniae Trel., the Spanish bayonet, is a species in the family Asparagaceae, native to Utah, Nevada, Colorado, northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico, at elevations from 1000 m to 2700 m.
Yucca harrimaniae is a small, acaulescent (stemless) species forming clumps of rosettes. Flowers are nodding (hanging downward), partly greenish-white, partly purplish. The species is closely related to Y. sterilis (Neese & S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh & L.C.Higgins..
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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.
