Asparagaceae

Soaptree yucca

Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Yucca

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: يكة عالية, يوكا عالية
arz: يكه عاليه
Bulgarian: Висока юка
Chinese: 肥皂丝兰, 肥皂絲蘭, 皂树丝兰, 高丝兰, 皂絲蘭
English: Soaptree yucca, Palmella, Soaptree, Soapweed
German: Seifen-Palmlilie
nv: Yéʼii bitsáʼásziʼ
Persian: یوکای صابونی
Russian: Юкка высокая

Synonyms

Yucca angustifolia var. elata Engelm.
Yucca radiosa (Engelm.) Trel.

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Austin Neal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Raphael Magnet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Eric Ward from Provo, UT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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: Francis Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.