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Yucca gloriosa, Linn. (Y. acuminata, Sweet. Y. gloriosa acuminata, Carr. Y. integerrima, Stokes). Short-trunked or arboreous: lvs. 2 in. wide, stiff, smooth, nearly flat, usually with a few teeth when young or a few threads when old: fls. often reddish tinged: fr. drooping. Coast, from S. C. to Fla. Duhamel, Arbr. 325. R.H. 1877, p. 287. S.S. 10:503. G.C. III. 28, p. 262. Gn. 49, p. 218. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 13:43, 44, 84. A smaller form is f. minor, Carr. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 13:45. Ref. Bot. 5:319. A form with median variegation is f. medio-striata. F.S. 23:2393, 2394. Forms with the outer lvs. somewhat recurving are var. robusta, Carr., B.M. 1260. Redoute, Lil. 6:326, 327, and its more glaucous form f. nobilis, Carr. (Y. Ellacombei, Baker. Y. gloriosa Ellacombei, Baker). Ref. Bot. 5:317. With glaucous lvs. very plicate toward the end it is var. plicata, Carr., Gn. 31, p. 161; 45, p. 45; 49, p. 332. G.C. II. 19:821; III. 8:692; 15:304. Maund, Bot. Gard. 3:286, a taller greener-lvd. form of which is f. superba, Baker (Y. superba, Haw.). B.R. 1690. G.C. II. 12:689. Gn. 33, p. 202; 58, p. 446. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 3:7; 13:46, 84.
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Yucca gloriosa, Linn. (Y. acuminata, Sweet. Y. gloriosa acuminata, Carr. Y. integerrima, Stokes). Short-trunked or arboreous: lvs. 2 in. wide, stiff, smooth, nearly flat, usually with a few teeth when young or a few threads when old: fls. often reddish tinged: fr. drooping. Coast, from S. C. to Fla. A smaller form is f. minor, Carr. A form with median variegation is f. medio-striata. Forms with the outer lvs. somewhat recurving are var. robusta, Carr., Redoute, Lil., and its more glaucous form f. nobilis, Carr. (Y. Ellacombei, Baker. Y. gloriosa Ellacombei, Baker). With glaucous lvs. very plicate toward the end it is var. plicata, Carr., a taller greener-lvd. form of which is f. superba, Baker (Y. superba, Haw.).
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ SE United States
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Water: ◍ moderate
Features: ✓ flowers, foliage
Sunset Zones: 7-9, 12-32
Scientific Names

Agavaceae >

Yucca >

gloriosa >



Read about Yucca gloriosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Yucca gloriosa, Linn. (Y. acuminata, Sweet. Y. gloriosa acuminata, Carr. Y. integerrima, Stokes). Short-trunked or arboreous: lvs. 2 in. wide, stiff, smooth, nearly flat, usually with a few teeth when young or a few threads when old: fls. often reddish tinged: fr. drooping. Coast, from S. C. to Fla. A smaller form is f. minor, Carr. A form with median variegation is f. medio-striata. Forms with the outer lvs. somewhat recurving are var. robusta, Carr., Redoute, Lil., and its more glaucous form f. nobilis, Carr. (Y. Ellacombei, Baker. Y. gloriosa Ellacombei, Baker). With glaucous lvs. very plicate toward the end it is var. plicata, Carr., a taller greener-lvd. form of which is f. superba, Baker (Y. superba, Haw.).


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