SPECIMEN / ASPARAGACEAE
Yucca faxoniana
Spanish Dagger
Origin to be documented
Yucca faxoniana is a small evergreen tree in the genus Yucca with 1 or sometimes more trunks, enlarged at base and either unbranched or with 1 or 2 upright branches and with long bayonetlike leaves. It is known by the common names Faxon yucca, Spanish dagger, and giant dagger.
It is named for Charles Edward Faxon (1846-1918), the illustrator of Charles Sprague Sargent's 14-volume Silva of North America. Birds and mammals eat the fleshy fruit.
The flowers are pollinated by moths of the genus Tegeticula and bloom typically in April. The plant produces sweet, pulpy, oblong fruits.
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