Hesperoyucca whipplei

Chaparral yucca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Hesperoyucca
Species:
H. whipplei
Binomial name
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Synonyms[1]
  • Yucca engelmannii Mast.
  • Yucca graminifolia Alph. Wood
  • Yucca nitida C.Wright ex. W.Watson
  • Yucca whipplei Torr.

Hesperoyucca whipplei (syn. Yucca whipplei), the chaparral yucca,[2] our Lord's candle,[2] Spanish bayonet,[3] Quixote yucca[2] or foothill yucca,[4] is a species of flowering plant closely related to, and formerly usually included in, the genus Yucca. It is native to southwest communities of North America.

  1. ^ "Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Trel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Hesperoyucca whipplei". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  3. ^ Thomas, John Hunter; Dennis R. Parnell (1 January 1974). Native Shrubs of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-520-02538-7. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ^ Basey, Harold E.; Basey, John M.; Basey, Paul E. (1992). Basey's Sierra Nevada textbook: a complete reference for the Sierra Nevada student. Robin Works. ISBN 978-0-9622418-0-2. Retrieved 28 June 2013.