- Yucca rostrata
Taxobox
name = "Yucca rostrata"
image_width = 220px
image_caption = "Yucca rostrata"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Agavaceae
genus = "Yucca "
species = "Y. rostrata"
binomial = "Yucca rostrata"
binomial_authority ="Yucca rostrata", also called Beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the
Yucca genus native to southern U.S. and northernMexico ."Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p 941. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0]"Yucca rostrata" grows to 4.5 meters (15 feet) tall. It has thin, stiff leaves which spread from a symmetrical rosette. The
inflorescence of small and white flowers appears in autumn. When it is found in the desert it conseals water over time like a cactus.References
* Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.): " Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 1 Dehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest and Midwest of the USA, Canada and Baja California ", Selbst Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-00-005946-6
* Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.): " Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 2 Indehiscent-fruited species in the Southwest, Midwest and East of the USA", Selbst Verlag. 2002. ISBN 3-00-009008-8
* Fritz Hochstätter (Hrsg.): " Yucca (Agavaceae). Band 3 Mexico ", Selbst Verlag, 2004. ISBN 3-00-013124-8
* [http://www.yuccaagavaceae.com/species.html Common names of yucca species]
* Die [http://yuccaagavaceae.com/species.html Gattung Yucca] Fritz Hochstätter
* Yucca I [http://yuccaagavaceae.com/photos/details.php?image_id=88] Verbreitungskarte I Fritz Hochstätter
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