Mojave yucca
Yucca schidigera
''Yucca schidigera'', also known as the Mojave yucca or Spanish Dagger, is a flowering plant that is native to the Mojave Desert, Chihuahuan Desert and Sonoran Desert of southeastern California, Baja California, New Mexico, southern Nevada and Arizona.
This yucca typically grows on rocky desert slopes and creosote desert flats between 300–1,200 metres altitude, rarely up to 2,500 metres . They thrive in full sun and in soil with excellent drainage. It also needs no summer water. It is related to the Banana yucca , which occurs in the same general area; hybrids between the two are sometimes found.
This yucca typically grows on rocky desert slopes and creosote desert flats between 300–1,200 metres altitude, rarely up to 2,500 metres . They thrive in full sun and in soil with excellent drainage. It also needs no summer water. It is related to the Banana yucca , which occurs in the same general area; hybrids between the two are sometimes found.