Asparagaceae
Eve's needle
Yucca faxoniana
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Yucca
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 法克森丝兰
- English
- Eve's needle, Torrey's yucca, Torrey yucca
- Hungarian
- Faxon-jukka
- Polish
- Palma ixtle
- Spanish
- Izote criollo
Synonyms
- Samuela faxonia Trel.
- Samuela faxoniana Trel.
- Sarcoyucca australis (Trel.) Linding.
- Sarcoyucca macrocarpa (Torr.) Linding.
- Yucca australis Trel.
- Yucca australis var. valida M.E.Jones
- Yucca baccata var. macrocarpa Torr.
- Yucca macrocarpa (Torr.) Coville
- Yucca torreyi Shafer
- Yucca torreyi f. parviflora McKelvey
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.