Asparagaceae
Mojave yucca
Yucca schidigera
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Yucca
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- يوكا شيدجيرا
- Chinese
- 宽叶丝兰, 纤丝兰
- English
- Mojave yucca
- Russian
- Юкка шидигера
- Spanish
- Yuca de Mojave
Synonyms
- Sarcoyucca mohavensis (Sarg.) Linding.
- Yucca californica Nutt. ex Baker
- Yucca mohavensis Sarg.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: BLM Nevada, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.