Adam's Needle
Yucca filamentosa
Asparagaceae
Other names
Spoonleaf Yucca, Needle Palm
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
E. North America
Location
Source of plant
Seneca Hill Perennials
Description
Shrub, almost stemless, stoloniferous, forming clumps. Leaves to 75x10cm, erect to spreading, stiff, tapering, margins inrolled at apex, elsewhere filiferous. Inflorescence to 4.5m; flowers pendant, to 5cm, white tinged yellow; tepals abruptly mucronate; style oblong, white.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4