Red Yucca

Hesperaloe parviflora

Hesperaloe parviflora is a plant that is native to Chihuahuan desert of west Texas east and south into central and south Texas and northeastern Mexico around Coahuila.
Red Yucca or Hesperalole parviflora Geotagged,Hesperaloe parviflora,Hesperalole parviflora,Spring,United States

Appearance

"Hesperaloe parviflora" has narrow evergreen leaves with a fringe of white threadlike hairs along their edges and grows in clumps 3–6 ft high and wide. Red or yellow tubular flowers are borne on branching flower stalks up to 5 ft tall from late spring to mid-summer.
Hesperaloe parviflora Not a yucca, this member of the Century-Plant family produces soft, yucca-like, evergreen leaves, 2-3 ft. in length, crowded on the perennial’s short, woody base. The flower stalk rises 5 ft. and bears showy, coral-colored, tubular flowers occur on arching, wand-like, pink stems. Leaves are plum-colored in winter; blue-green other times. Geotagged,Hesperaloe parviflora,Spring,United States

Naming

The Latin specific epithet "parviflora" means "with small flowers".

Distribution

This species has become popular in xeriscape landscape design for public and private gardens in California and the Southwestern United States. The plant's qualities include drought tolerance, heat resistance, low maintenance needs, hummingbird attracting flowers, and an architectural form. It also is a spineless alternative to "Agave" and "Yucca" horticultural species.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAsparagaceae
GenusHesperaloe
SpeciesH. parviflora
Photographed in
United States of America