Asparagaceae

Navajo yucca

Yucca baileyi Wooton & Standl.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Yucca

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Navajo yucca (Yucca baileyi) — FlowerPhoto: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

arz: يوكا بيلى
Chinese: 纳瓦霍丝兰
English: Navajo yucca
Persian: یوکای ناواهو

Synonyms

Yucca baileyi var. baileyi
Yucca baileyi var. navajoa (J.M.Webber) J.M.Webber
Yucca navajoa J.M.Webber
Yucca standleyi McKelvey

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: bmasinton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: brettaugust, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Indio Brown, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Without Borders, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrew Dudley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.