DES
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium Collection
Catalog #:
DES00066438
Taxon:
Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.
Family: Agavaceae
Family: Agavaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson 25119
Date: 21 May 2010
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Mohave County, Along hwy 93 ca 13.5 miles west of Wickenburg near milepost 192, 12S 323688 E, 3774447 N, NAD 83/84
34.09598 -112.911236
Verbatim Coordinates:
12 323688E 3774447N
Elevation:
819 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2690ft.
Habitat:
Roadside, disturbed desert scrub
Associated Species:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Opuntia chlorotica, Cercidium microphyllum, Prosopis velutina, Larrea tridentata.
Description:
Locally freuquent, rosettes 3, ca 1-3/4 m tall, leaves slightly twisted at end, flowering stalk ca 2-1/2 m tall, inflorescence paniculate, down 1/2 of stalk, widest at middle, lowermost flowers opening first, flower 62(l) x 105(w) mm, flaring out, tepal base fusion 2 mm high, outer tepal 56(l) x 26(w) mm, cream-white with slight light chartreuse, inner tepal 55x32 mm, cream-white, filaments 16+7 mm, slight bend, broadest at apices, white, anthers light yellow, ovary 22 mm long, light chartreuse green, style 13 mm long, white(-cream).
Notes:
sheet 2 of 3.
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Wendy C. Hodgson (whodgson@dbg.org)
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