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Asparagaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Yucca grandiflora

Yucca grandiflora

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

This species has a very slow growth rate, taking 15 - 24 years to reach sexual maturity[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Yucca+grandiflora>

Pollinators

Moths

References

  1. [1]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  2. [2]A New Yucca from Sonora — Gentry H.S. · 1957 ↩︎
  3. [3]The Agave Family in Sonora; Agriculture Handbook No. 399 — Gentry H.S. · Agicultural Research Service, USDA; Washington D.C. · 1972 ↩︎Gives quite a lot of information on the traditional uses of the plants.
  4. [4]The Warihio Indians of Sonora-Chihuahua; An Ethnographic Survey (Anthropological Papers, No. 65) — Gentry H.S. · Smithsonian Institution · 1963 ↩︎An excellent study
  5. [5]Use and Nutritional Composition of some Traditional Mountain Pima Plant Foods — Laferriere J.E.; Weber C.W. & Kohlhepp E.A. · 1991 ↩︎
  6. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎