Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Yucca gloriosa

Spanish dagger, moundlily yucca
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Spanish dagger, moundlily yucca

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Yucca gloriosa

Familia:

Agavaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

2-3 (8) ft tall by 2-3 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

green

Fenología:

evergreen

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant. Forms a large rosette of spine-tipped leaves. Flower stalks rise to 6-8 ft.

Consideraciones:

Spine-tipped leave are very sharp.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Stem cuttings, rhizomes, seed.

Luz:

Full Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Not wet but not extremely dry -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars

Pollinated by moths though hummingbirds may be attracted to the nectar.  Larval host plant for cofaqui giant skipper ( Megathymus cofaqui ) and yucca giant skipper ( Megathymus yuccae ) butterflies.  





Nectar plant for great southern white ( Ascia monuste ) and other butterflies.





Pollinated by yucca moths. 

Provides wildlife cover





 

Hábitats nativos:

Cultivated. Dry sites.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Fruit and flowers are edible.

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10811791/#:~:text=Yucca moths are the only,larvae die in abscised flowers. Note -- FSU herbariuim speciment from Leon county is a roadside on the edge of a field.  It is growing wild, but it likely did not get there by natural dispersal



Minno, Marc and Maria Minno.  1999.  Florida butterfly gardening.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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