Asparagaceae
Soapweed yucca
Yucca glauca
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Yucca
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- يكة جلكاء
- Armenian
- Արմավաշուշան ծխագույն
- arz
- يكه جلكاء
- Azerbaijani
- Göyümtül yukka
- Chinese
- 小丝兰
- chy
- Hestáhpánó'e
- Czech
- Juka sivá
- English
- Soapweed yucca, American vetch, Narrowleaf yucca, Small soapweed yucca, Soapweed, Yucca, Beargrass, Great Plains yucca
- Hebrew
- יוקה מכחילה
- Japanese
- ユッカ・グラウカ
- nv
- Tsáʼásziʼtsʼóóz
- Russian
- Юкка сизая
Synonyms
- Yucca angustifolia Pursh
- Yucca angustifolia f. genuina Engelm.
- Yucca angustifolia f. stricta (Sims) Voss
- Yucca angustifolia var. stricta (Sims) Trel.
- Yucca glauca subsp. albertana Hochstätter
- Yucca glauca subsp. stricta (Sims) Hochstätter
- Yucca glauca var. glauca
- Yucca glauca var. gurneyi McKelvey
- Yucca glauca var. stricta (Sims) Trel.
- Yucca glauca var. stricta (Sims) Sprenger
- Yucca stenophylla Steud.
- Yucca stricta Sims
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Nick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, 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.