Yucca, the Glossary
Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.[1]
Table of Contents
128 relations: Agavoideae, Alberta, Americas, Aridity, Asparagaceae, Badlands, Baja California, Canada, Caribbean, Carl Linnaeus, Carl Ludwig Sprenger, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Cassava, Caterpillar, Central America, Coast, Cordyline, Costa Rica, Curculionidae, Dasylirion, Desert, El Salvador, Evergreen, Flower, Fruit, Furcraea, Genus, George Engelmann, Grassland, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Hesperaloe, Hesperoyucca, Leaf, Maryland, Megathymus, Megathymus streckeri, Megathymus ursus, Megathymus yuccae, Mexico, Mojave Desert, Mountain, Mutualism (biology), Nahuatl, New Mexico, New Zealand, Nolina, Ornamental plant, Orosi, Cartago, Ovary (botany), ... Expand index (78 more) »
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Agavoideae
Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales.
Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Aridity
Aridity is the condition of a region that severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.
Badlands
Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded.
Baja California
Baja California ('Lower California'), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (Free and Sovereign State of Baja California), is a state in Mexico.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
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Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Carl Ludwig Sprenger
Carl Ludwig Sprenger was a German botanist, born on 30 November 1846 at Güstrow, Mecklenburg and died 13 December 1917 on the island of Corfu (Kérkyra).
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico.
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Cassava
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
Coast
A coastalso called the coastline, shoreline, or seashoreis the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.
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Cordyline
Cordyline is a genus of about 24 species of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants in family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. Yucca and Cordyline are Asparagaceae genera.
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.
Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils.
Dasylirion
Dasylirion (commonly referred to as sotols or hair-trees) is a genus of North American flowering succulent plants in the asparagus family, all native to Mexico and the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas). Yucca and Dasylirion are Asparagaceae genera.
Desert
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems.
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El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.
Flower
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).
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Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).
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Furcraea
Furcraea is a genus of succulent plants belonging to the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. Yucca and Furcraea are Agavoideae and Asparagaceae genera.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
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George Engelmann
George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist.
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Grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.
Hesperaloe
Hesperaloe (false yucca) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Yucca and Hesperaloe are Agavoideae, Asparagaceae genera and north American desert flora.
Hesperoyucca
Hesperoyucca is a small genus of two recognized species of flowering plants closely related to, and recently split from, Yucca, which is in the century plant subfamily within the asparagus family. Yucca and Hesperoyucca are Agavoideae and Asparagaceae genera.
Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
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Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Megathymus
Megathymus is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
Megathymus streckeri
Megathymus streckeri, or Strecker's giant skipper, is butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
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Megathymus ursus
Megathymus ursus, known generally as the ursus giant skipper or ursine giant skipper, is a species of giant skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.
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Megathymus yuccae
Megathymus yuccae, the yucca giant-skipper, is a rare early season butterfly that is widespread across the southern United States.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
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Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.
Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.
Mutualism (biology)
Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit.
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Nahuatl
Nahuatl, Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Nolina
Nolina is a genus of tropical xerophytic flowering plants, with the principal distribution being in Mexico and extending into the southern United States. Yucca and Nolina are Asparagaceae genera.
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Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space.
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Orosi, Cartago
Orosi is a district of the Paraíso canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica.
Ovary (botany)
In the flowering plants, an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.
Panicle
A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence.
Phormium
Phormium is a genus of two plant species in the family Asphodelaceae.
Plant stem
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.
Pollen
Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction.
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Pollination
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds.
Prairie
Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type.
Prodoxidae
The Prodoxidae are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance.
Rhinostomus frontalis
Rhinostomus frontalis is a species of weevils, previously placed in a genus called Yuccaborus and known as the yucca weevils.
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Root
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.
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Rosette (botany)
In botany, a rosette is a circular arrangement of leaves or of structures resembling leaves.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
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Saponin
Saponins (Latin "sapon", soap + "-in", one of), also selectively referred to as triterpene glycosides, are bitter-tasting usually toxic plant-derived organic chemicals that have a foamy quality when agitated in water. Yucca and Saponin are Saponaceous plants.
Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
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Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.
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South Atlantic states
The South Atlantic United States form one of the nine Census Bureau Divisions within the United States that are recognized by the United States Census Bureau.
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Southeastern United States
The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast, the Southeast, or the South, is a geographical region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States.
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Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Stamen
The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
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Stigma (botany)
The stigma (stigmas or stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.
Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
Taíno language
Taíno is an extinct Arawakan language that was spoken by the Taíno people of the Caribbean.
Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
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William Trelease
William Trelease (February 22, 1857 – January 1, 1945) was an American botanist, entomologist, explorer, writer and educator.
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Yucca aloifolia
Yucca aloifolia.
Yucca angustissima
Yucca angustissima, the narrowleaf yucca, is a plant in the family Agavaceae, known as the "narrow-leaved yucca.
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Yucca arkansana
Yucca arkansana, the Arkansas yucca, is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas.
Yucca × schottii
Yucca × schottii is a plant species in the genus Yucca, native to southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and the northern parts of Sonora and Chihuahua.
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Yucca baccata
Yucca baccata (datil yucca or banana yucca, also known as Spanish bayonet and broadleaf yucca) is a common species of yucca native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, from southeastern California north to Utah, east to western Texas and south to Sonora and Chihuahua. Yucca and yucca baccata are north American desert flora.
Yucca baileyi
Yucca baileyi is a plant in the family Agavaceae.
Yucca brevifolia
Yucca brevifolia (also known as the Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca) is a plant species belonging to the genus Yucca. Yucca and yucca brevifolia are north American desert flora.
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Yucca campestris
Yucca campestris, the plains yucca, is a species in the family Asparagaceae, endemic to the "panhandle" region of northwestern Texas.
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Yucca capensis
Yucca capensis L.W.Lenz is a plant in the family Asparagaceae.
Yucca carnerosana
Yucca carnerosana,McKelvey in Yuccas of the S.W. U.S. 1:24 1938 commonly known as the giant Spanish dagger, is a species of North American plant in the asparagus family that grows in arid and desert climate areas.
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Yucca cernua
Yucca cernua E.L. Keith, common name "nodding Yucca," is a rare species in the family Asparagaceae known only from a small region in Newton and Jasper Counties in eastern Texas.
Yucca coahuilensis
Yucca coahuilensisMatuda & I. Piña -Luján, Plantas Mexicanas del Género Yucca 120 1980.
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Yucca constricta
Yucca constricta known by the common name "Buckley's yucca,"Buckley.
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Yucca decipiens
Yucca decipiens Trel.
Yucca declinata
Yucca declinata is a species of the genus Yucca, family Asparagaceae.
Yucca desmetiana
Yucca desmetiana is a Mexican species of plants in the asparagus family, native to northern Mexico from Chihuahua south as far as Aguascalientes and east to San Luís Potosí and Tamaulipas.
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Yucca elata
Yucca elata is a perennial plant, with common names that include soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, and palmella. Yucca and yucca elata are Saponaceous plants.
Yucca endlichiana
Yucca endlichiana Trel.
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Yucca faxoniana
Yucca faxoniana is a bladed evergreen shrub of the genus Yucca.
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca filamentosa, Adam's needle and thread, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae native to the southeastern United States.
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Yucca filifera
Yucca filifera is a member of the subfamily Agavaceae, family Asparagaceae, native to central Mexico.
Yucca flaccida
Yucca flaccida, commonly called Adam's needle or weak-leaf yucca, is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae).
Yucca gigantea
Yucca gigantea (syn. Yucca elephantipes) is a species of flowering plant in the asparagus family, native to Mexico and Central America.
Yucca glauca
Yucca glauca (syn. Yucca angustifolia) is a species of perennial evergreen plant, adapted to xeric (dry) growth conditions. Yucca and Yucca glauca are Fiber plants.
Yucca gloriosa
Yucca gloriosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the southeastern United States.
Yucca gloriosa var. tristis
Yucca gloriosa var.
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Yucca grandiflora
Yucca grandiflora Gentry is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
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Yucca harrimaniae
Yucca harrimaniae Trel., the Spanish bayonet, is a species in the family Asparagaceae, native to Utah, Nevada, Colorado, northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico, at elevations from 1000 m to 2700 m. Yucca harrimaniae is a small, acaulescent (stemless) species forming clumps of rosettes.
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Yucca intermedia McKelveyMcKelvey, Yuccas Southw.
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Yucca jaliscensis
Yucca jaliscensis is a Yucca species native to the highlands of southwestern Mexico.
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Yucca lacandonica
Yucca lacandonica is a plant species in the yucca genus with the common name "tropical yucca." It is native to Belize and to southern Mexico, the states of Chiapas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Campeche, and Yucatán.
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Yucca linearifolia
Yucca linearifolia is a plant species in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Chihuahuan Desert in the Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.
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Yucca luminosa
Yucca luminosa, more commonly referred to as its synonym Yucca rigida, is a plant species in the yucca genus native to northern Mexico.
Yucca madrensis
Yucca madrensis H. S. GentryGentry, Howard Scott.
Yucca mixtecana
Yucca mixtecana García-Mend.
Yucca necopina
Yucca necopina Shinners,Shinners, Spring Flora of Dallas-Fort Worth.
Yucca neomexicana
Yucca neomexicana Wooton & Standl.
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Yucca pallida
Yucca pallida, sometimes called pale yucca, is a species of yucca native to Northern Mexico and parts of the blackland prairies of northern and central Texas, and notable for its light-colored leaves that range from a pale blue-gray to sage-green in color.
Yucca periculosa
Yucca periculosa Baker, Garden Chronicle 1870: 1088.
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Yucca potosina
Yucca potosina, English common name Potosí palm soapwort or Potosi palm, Rzed.
Yucca queretaroensis
Yucca queretaroensis is a plant species in the genus Yucca, family Asparagaceae, native to the Sierra Madre Occidental of the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Guanajuato, and Querétaro.
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Yucca reverchonii
Yucca reverchonii Trelease, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22: 102, plate 108.
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Yucca rostrata
Yucca rostrata also called beaked yucca, is a tree-like plant belonging to the genus Yucca.
Yucca rupicola
Yucca rupicola is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, known as the twistleaf yucca, twisted-leaf yucca, Texas yucca or twisted-leaf Spanish-dagger.
Yucca schidigera
Yucca schidigera, also known as the Mojave yucca or Spanish dagger, is a flowering plant native to the southwest deserts of North America. Yucca and yucca schidigera are Fiber plants.
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Yucca sterilis
Yucca sterilis is a species in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Uintah Basin region in Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah.
Yucca tenuistyla
Yucca tenuistyla is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae found in brushlands near the coast of Texas, at elevations below 200 m (650 feet). Yucca and Yucca tenuistyla are north American desert flora.
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Yucca thompsoniana
Yucca thompsoniana, the Thompson's yucca, is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Texas, Chihuahua and Coahuila.
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Yucca treculiana
Yucca treculiana Carrière is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Texas, New Mexico and Coahuila.
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Yucca utahensis
Yucca utahensis is a species in the family Asparagaceae, native to Utah, Nevada and Arizona.
Yucca valida
Yucca valida is a plant species in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa.
See also
Saponaceous plants
- Agave lechuguilla
- Agrostemma githago
- Althaea officinalis
- Anagallis arvensis
- Ceanothus
- Ceanothus arboreus
- Chlorogalum
- Chlorogalum pomeridianum
- Cyclamen
- Dianthus
- Guaiacum angustifolium
- Gypsophila
- Gypsophila vaccaria
- Hooveria (plant)
- Jacquinia keyensis
- Leontice
- Leontice leontopetalum
- Manilkara zapota
- Noltea
- Phytolacca dodecandra
- Podonosma orientalis
- Quillaja saponaria
- Samolus valerandi
- Sapindaceae
- Sapindus chrysotrichus
- Sapindus mukorossi
- Sapindus saponaria
- Saponaria
- Saponaria officinalis
- Saponaria pumila
- Saponin
- Silene baccifera
- Silene vulgaris
- Yucca
- Yucca elata
Vegetable fibers
- Cotton
- Kapok fibre
- Yucca
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca
Also known as New Mexico state flower, Shrubby Yuccas, Yucca extract.
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