Blue Yucca (Yucca rigida)

   

Blue Yucca, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Photograph by Wynn Anderson.

Body and flowers, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Photograph by Wynn Anderson.

• Common Names: Blue Yucca
• Common Spanish Names: Palmilla, Palmita, Izote azul
• Scientific Name: Yucca rigida (YUK-kuh RIJ-ih-duh)
• Family: Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae) (Asparagus Family)
• Geographic Range: Southeastern Chihuahua and adjacent Coahuila, south into Durango and Zacatecas, Mexico.
• Description: Stout, single trunks (5 to 15') sometimes branching with age, with numerous, short, radiating linear-lanceolate, distinctly blue-gray glaucous leaf blades radiating into a dense terminal crown.
• Landscape Usage: This bluish-bladed Mexican yucca makes a striking accent in the landscape. Seed-grown plants are commercially available.

Last Update: 24 Aug 2013