Asparagaceae
Chaparral yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Hesperoyucca
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 西丝兰
- English
- Chaparral yucca
Synonyms
- Hesperoyucca peninsularis (McKelvey) Clary
- Hesperoyucca whipplei var. graminifolia Trel.
- Yucca californica Groenl.
- Yucca engelmannii Mast.
- Yucca graminifolia Alph.Wood
- Yucca nitida C.Wright ex W.Watson
- Yucca ortigiesiana Roezl
- Yucca peninsularis McKelvey
- Yucca whipplei Torr.
- Yucca whipplei f. graminifolia (Trel.) Voss
- Yucca whipplei subsp. caespitosa (M.E.Jones) A.L.Haines
- Yucca whipplei subsp. eremica Epling & A.L.Haines
- Yucca whipplei subsp. intermedia A.L.Haines
- Yucca whipplei subsp. parishii (M.E.Jones) A.L.Haines
- Yucca whipplei subsp. percursa A.L.Haines
- Yucca whipplei subsp. rigata Afferni & Drovandi
- Yucca whipplei subsp. typica A.L.Haines
- Yucca whipplei var. caespitosa M.E.Jones
- Yucca whipplei var. intermedia (A.L.Haines) J.M.Webber
- Yucca whipplei var. parishii M.E.Jones
- Yucca whipplei var. percursa (A.L.Haines) J.M.Webber
- Yucca whipplei var. violacea André
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.