Yucca elata
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"Soaptree" redirects here. For the Australian plant, see Alphitonia excelsa.
Yucca elata is a perennial plant, with common names that include soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, and palmella.[3][4] It is native to southwestern North America, in the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert in the United States (western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona), southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Nuevo León).[5][6] Yucca elata is widely distributed, although its population appears to be decreasing.[1]
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Yucca elata | |
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Large soaptree yucca | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Yucca |
Species: | Y. elata |
Binomial name | |
Yucca elata | |
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