Asparagaceae
Aloe yucca
Yucca aloifolia
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Yucca
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- حربة الإسبان
- Chinese
- 千手丝兰, 王蘭, 金棒蘭
- English
- Aloe yucca, Spanish bayonet, Adam's needle, Palm lily, Roman candle, Spanish dagger/bayonet
- Finnish
- Isojukka
- German
- Graue Palmlilie
- Polish
- Jukka aloesowata
Synonyms
- Dracaena lenneana Regel
- Sarcoyucca aloifolia (L.) Linding.
- Yucca aloifolia f. arcuata (Haw.) Voss
- Yucca aloifolia f. conspicua (Haw.) Engelm.
- Yucca aloifolia f. crenulata (Haw.) Voss
- Yucca aloifolia f. draconis (L.) Voss
- Yucca aloifolia f. genuina Engelm.
- Yucca aloifolia f. tenuifolia (Haw.) Voss
- Yucca aloifolia f. tenuifolia (Haw.) Trel.
- Yucca aloifolia var. aloifolia
- Yucca aloifolia var. arcuata (Haw.) Trel.
- Yucca aloifolia var. conspicua (Haw.) Engelm.
- Yucca aloifolia var. draconis (L.) Engelm.
- Yucca aloifolia var. flexifolia J.Bommer
- Yucca aloifolia var. gigantea Sprenger
- Yucca aloifolia var. marginata J.Bommer
- Yucca aloifolia var. menandi Trel.
- Yucca aloifolia var. purpurea Baker
- Yucca aloifolia var. quadricolor-variegata Carrière
- Yucca aloifolia var. roseomarginata Regel
- Yucca aloifolia var. serratifolia Sprenger
- Yucca aloifolia var. stenophylla J.Bommer
- Yucca aloifolia var. tenuifolia (Haw.) Trel.
- Yucca aloifolia var. tricolor J.Bommer
- Yucca aloifolia var. variegata Naudin
- Yucca aloifolia var. versicolor Carrière
- Yucca aloifolia var. yucatana (Engelm.) Trel.
- Yucca arcuata Haw.
- Yucca atkinsii Baker
- Yucca conspicua Haw.
- Yucca crenulata Haw.
- Yucca draconis L.
- Yucca haruckeriana Crantz
- Yucca parmentieri Carrière
- Yucca purpurea Baker
- Yucca quadricolor hort. ex Baker
- Yucca serrulata Haw.
- Yucca tenuifolia Haw.
- Yucca tricolor Baker
- Yucca yucatana Engelm.
Flowers
- In flower
- February, April to August, October (from 63 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Filipi Miranda Soares, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Max Campbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: yelena_antipova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Athena Philips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ulli1105, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sterling Herron, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 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.