Mojave yucca Agavaceae Yucca schidigera

Leaf:Evergreen, stiff and sword-like, numerous at the ends of branches, 12 to 24 inches long, sharp pointed tip, edges fibrous, blue-green to yellow-green, with up-curled edges.
Flower:Bell-shaped, 1 1/2 inch long, creamy white and often purple-tinged, crowded on long stalks on an upright branched cluster 1 1/2 feet tall, appearing in spring to early summer.
Fruit:Green changing to dark brown capsule, 3 to 4 inches long, 1 inch in diameter, 6 celled, initially fleshy and becoming leathery, maturing late summer.
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Bark:Gray-brown, initially covered with brown dead leaves, later irregularly rough and scaly to ridged.
Form:Picturesque, typically with a single, short trunk and a few spreading limbs, reaching up to 20 feet tall.

leaf fruit bark form map

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