Asparagaceae
Texas yucca
Yucca rupicola
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Yucca
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- يكة أليفة الصخور, يوكا أليفة الصخور
- arz
- يكة اليفة الصخور
- Chinese
- 变叶丝兰
- English
- Texas yucca
Synonyms
- Yucca lutescens Carrière
- Yucca rupicola var. tortifolia Engelm.
- Yucca tortifolia Lindh. ex Torr.
- Yucca tortilis Carrière
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: smallcurio from Austin, TX, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mgust, 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.