Asparagaceae
Adam's needle
Yucca filamentosa
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Yucca
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- يكة خيطية, ابرة ادم, يوكا
- Armenian
- Արմավաշուշան թելատու
- arz
- يكه خيطيه
- Azerbaijani
- Lifli yukka
- Chinese
- 丝兰, 絲蘭, 柔软丝兰
- Czech
- Juka vláknitá
- Danish
- Trævlet Palmelilje, Palmelilje, Plamelilje
- Dutch
- Palmlelie
- English
- Adam's needle, Common yucca, Adam's-needle, Beargrass, Curly-leaved yucca, Filament yucca, Needle palm, Silkgrass
- Finnish
- Hapsijukka
- Hungarian
- Foszlóslevelű pálmaliliom
- Japanese
- イトラン
- Korean
- 실유카
- Lithuanian
- Pluoštinė juka
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Palmelilje
- Persian
- یوکا فیلامنتسا
- Polish
- Jukka karolińska, Juka włóknista, Jukka włóknista
- Russian
- Юкка нитчатая, Юкка садовая
- Slovenian
- Nitasta juka
- Swedish
- Fiberpalmlilja
Synonyms
- Yucca filamentosa f. genuina Engelm.
- Yucca filamentosa var. bracteata Engelm.
- Yucca filamentosa var. elmensis Sprenger
- Yucca filamentosa var. filamentosa
- Yucca filamentosa var. laevigata Engelm.
- Yucca filamentosa var. latifolia Engelm.
- Yucca filamentosa var. maxima Carrière
- Yucca filamentosa var. media Carrière
- Yucca filamentosa var. mexicana S.Schauer
- Yucca filamentosa var. nobilis Sprenger
- Yucca filamentosa var. patens Carrière
- Yucca filamentosa var. ramosa Carrière
- Yucca filamentosa var. recurvifolia Alph.Wood
- Yucca filamentosa var. variegata Carrière
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 168 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Conway Hawn, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mark G, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten at Danish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ulf Heinsohn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Austin Pursley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael W Belitz, CC0, 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.