Spanish-dagger - Yucca gloriosa
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Spanish-dagger - Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa | dylan | North Somerset | 15 Sep 2024, 11:22 p.m. | 15 Sep 2024, 4:42 p.m. | |
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Spanish-dagger - Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa | dylan | North Somerset | 15 Sep 2024, 11:22 p.m. | 15 Sep 2024, 4:42 p.m. | |
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Spanish-dagger - Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa | dylan | North Somerset | 15 Sep 2024, 11:22 p.m. | 15 Sep 2024, 4:42 p.m. |
Species Description
Widespread and persistent on dunes in the South; very scattered elsewhere.
Stace 4:
Yucca gloriosa L. (Y. recurvifolia Salisb.) - Spanish-dagger.
Plant to 2(5)m; leaves ≤100 x 5cm; perianth 5-8cm; (2n=60). Neophyte-survivor; on sand-dunes and in gravel-pits, mostly maritime; persistent in South West England and South & North Wales, less so in South East England North to West Lancashire, Channel Islands, South Kerry, County Waterford; South East USA. Plants with strongly recurved leaves re referable to var. recurvifolia (Salisb.) Engelm.; both vars. occur with us.
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Subspecies
| name | latinname | species | sightings | media | image |
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| Spanish-dagger | Yucca gloriosa var. gloriosa | 1 | 1 | 3 |  |