Asparagaceae

New Mexico false yucca

Hesperaloe funifera (K.Koch) Trel.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Hesperaloe

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New Mexico false yucca: Photo of Hesperaloe funifera at the Desert Demonstration Garden in Las Vegas — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 草丝兰, 草絲蘭
English: New Mexico false yucca

Synonyms

Agave funifera (K.Koch) Lem.
Hesperaloe davyi Baker f.
Hesperaloe funifera subsp. funifera
Yucca funifera K.Koch

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fritz Hochstätter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fritz Hochstätter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.