Pale Leaf Yucca, Yucca pallida
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| Pale Leaf Yucca, Yucca pallida, Flowers April 06, 2007. Arrowhead Ranch. |
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| Pale Leaf Yucca Leaves Yucca pallida | Paleleaf Yucca Yucca pallida |
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| Pale Leaf Yucca Flower Buds | Paleleaf Yucca Yucca pallida Flowers |
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| Pale Leaf Yucca Flower Yucca pallida | Paleleaf Yucca Flower Yucca pallida |
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| Pale Leaf Yucca Leaf Margins | Pale Leaf Yucca Leaf Margin |
Pale Leaf Yucca Paleleaf Yucca, sometimes called Pale yucca, is a species of yucca with tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers. It is notable for its light-colored leaves that are a pale blue-gray to sage-green in color. Its rosettes average 8 - 24 inches tall and 12 - 28 inches in diameter, with leaves 6 - 16 inches long and about 1 inch wide, being widest around the midpoint. The rosettes sit directly on the ground, with little or no trunk. The leaves have a yellow to brown terminal spine, and are generally flat, possibly with some waviness or rolling along the edges. The inflorescence (inflorescence: The flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk) is a panicle (panicle: Compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers) , 3 - 7 feet tall, with up to about 100 bell-shaped flowers, each about 2 - 3 inches long, with their color ranging from light greenish white to cream.
Height: About 7 -10 feet tall and 12 - 28 inches wide. |