Asparagaceae

Banana yucca

Yucca baccata Torr.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Yucca

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Banana yucca: Photo of Yucca baccata in Red Rock Canyon , Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Arabic: يكة توتية
arz: يكه توتيه
Chinese: 蕉絲蘭果, 香蕉丝兰
English: Banana yucca, Datil yucca, Spanish bayonet, Broadleaf yucca
Hungarian: Bogyós pálmaliliom, Bogyós jukka
nv: Tsáʼásziʼ bideeʼí
Persian: یوکای موزی
Spanish: Dátil

Synonyms

Sarcoyucca baccata (Torr.) Linding.
Yucca baccata f. genuina Engelm.
Yucca baccata var. hystrix Baker
Yucca baccata var. vespertina McKelvey
Yucca filifera Engelm.

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

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Penopter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Larry, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kirsten Pearson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: L A, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.