Synonyms:
Yucca angustissima var. avia Reveal, Intermountain Flora,
Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, 534-536, 1977.
Type location:
M. E. JONES 5639a, Loa Pass, Puite Co., Utah, 2.550 m elevation, 17.
July 1898,
Holotype deposited at US.
Distribution:
Central Utah at 2400 m to 2700 m, it grows with Pediocactus
simpsonii and different Opuntia species.
Short description of the species:
Plant: acaulescent, single rosettes or small clumps. Leaves:
erect or slightly flaccid, 40 cm to 60 cm long, 5 mm to 15 mm wide, concavo-convex,
green to greenish-yellow, edge white, with fibers. Inflorescence:
50 cm to 180 cm tall, flowers are 35 to 45 mm long
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Seeds of #1361 Yucca angustissima aff. avia, Utah, Rock
Ford Creek, 1800 m., fh 1181.1.
Sown 2000 |
Seeds of #1360 Yucca angustissima ssp. avia, Utah, Manti
La Sal area 1500 m., fh 1181.
Sown 2000 |
Pictures:
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Yucca angustissima ssp. avia
Grown in Alexander Heim's garden in Greece. Copyright 2007 Alexander Heim. |
Yucca angustissima ssp. avia
Grown in Alexander Heim's garden in Greece. Copyright 2007 Alexander Heim. |
Yucca angustissima ssp. avia
Grown in Alexander Heim's garden in Greece. Copyright 2007 Alexander Heim. |
Yucca angustissima ssp. avia
Grown in Alexander Heim's garden in Greece. Copyright 2007 Alexander Heim. |
I have no pictures available of this species in habitat, if you have a photo that I may use please let me know
My own plants:
#1047 Yucca angustissima ssp. avia, Utah, Hightop Plateau
2600 m., fh 1179.29 sown 1999
#1360 Yucca angustissima ssp. avia, Utah, Manti La Sal
area 1500 m., fh 1181 sown 2000
#1361 Yucca angustissima aff. avia, Utah, Rock Ford Creek,
1800 m., fh 1181.1, sown 2000.
Hardiness:
I have a few plants planted in my protected deb, which is covered from
October to April against winter moisture Those plants live, but they grow
very slowly. I do not think it is the winter which is the problem, but
that the summers here in northern Denmark are too cold. As you can see
on the photos above from Alexander Heim's garden in Greece, do they grow
well there.
Reference:
HOCHSTAETTER, Cactaceae-Review, Germany, 1 (2): 21, 1998.
REVEAL, Intermountain Flora, Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West,
534-536, 1977.
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