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Yucca gloriosa (Spanish Dagger) |
Yucca gloriosa (ASPARAGACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Yucca gloriosa L.
Published in Sp. Pl. 319 (1753). | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Asparagaceae
Juss. (=Liliaceae) (The Asparagus Family)
32 species from the Asparagaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Spanish Dagger, Adam's Needle | Maltese name(s) : | Yukka | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Macro-Phanerophyte (high trees usually over 10m )
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jul-Sep | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Naturalized on sand-dunes and waste ground, also in very disturbed rocky or littoral areas. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Shrub; stem 50-120(-200) cm, usually branched in older plants. Leaves 50-100 x 5-8 cm, very rigid and with strong, pungent apex, dark green, with reddish-brown margins which are remotely denticulate in young leaves but usually entire at maturity. Peduncle 50-100 cm, with several bract-like leaves. Panicle 100-150 cm; branches patent to ascending. Flowers white, usually tinged with purplish-red; perianth-segments 40-60 mm. Fruit dry but indehiscent, with 6 prominent ribs. |
Distributional range: |
Central Mediterranena |
Native region outside Europe: |
(SE United States) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[Ga It Tu(A E)] |
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