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Yucca Glauca - Soapweed In the Botanic Gardens Mt Tomah NSW Australia,Geotagged,Great Plains yucca,Spring,Yucca glauca Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Yucca Glauca - Soapweed

In the Botanic Gardens Mt Tomah NSW

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''Yucca glauca'' is a species of perennial evergreen plant, adapted to xeric growth conditions. It is also known as small soapweed, soapweed yucca, narrowleaf yucca, Great Plains yucca and beargrass.

''Yucca glauca'' forms colonies of rosettes. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 60 cm long bur rarely more than 12 mm across. Inflorescence is up to 100 cm tall, sometimes branched sometimes not. Flowers are pendent , white to very pale green. Fruit is a dry capsule with shiny black seeds.

Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Calbost Niel
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By Calbost Niel

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Uploaded Nov 10, 2021. Captured Nov 7, 2021 12:54 in FC28+2M Mount Tomah NSW, Australia.
  • NIKON D850
  • f/14.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO800
  • 200mm