Taxon: Yucca elata var. utahensis (McKelvey)
Family: Agavaceae

Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson   24941   

Date: 17 May 2010

Locality: USA, Arizona, Mohave County, Beaver Dam Mountains, west of Cedar Pockets Wash along dirt road, 12S 249868 E, 4096322 N, NAD 83/84

Verbatim Coordinates: UTM: 4096322 249868 12S

Elevation: 946 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 3106ft.

Habitat: Sandstone rocky cliff/slope

Associated Species: Encelia resinifera resinifera, Coleogyne ramosissima, Thymophylla pentachaeta, Eriogonum inflatum, Rhus trilobata simplicifolia, Baileya multiradiata, Psorothamnus fremontii, Krameria erecta.

Description: Uncommon, 2 m high, inflorescence paniculate, 6/7 down stalk, flowers collected 20 May 2010, flower 33.7(l) x 47(w) mm, fusion of tepal bases 5.2 mm high, outer tepal 31.6x15.1 mm, cream-light green, inner tepal 33.7 x 20.8 mm, cream-light green, filaments 13.8+6.5 mm, white, anthers yellow, ovary 18.6 mm, light green-cream, style 8.2 mm, white-cream with yellow tip.

Notes: sheet 1 of 3.

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For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Wendy C. Hodgson (whodgson@dbg.org)

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