Martha's exotic Backyard in Israel

Yucca filamentosa, Spoonleaf yucca, Filament yucca,
Adam's Needle, يوكا خيطية ,יוקה סיבית

Scientific name:  Yucca filamentosa L.
Synonym name:  Yucca concava Haw., Yucca filamentosa L. var. concava (Haw.) Baker
Common name:  Spoonleaf yucca, Filament yucca, Adam's Needle
Hebrew name:  יוקה סיבית
Arabic name:  يوكا خيطية
Family:   Agavaceae, Agave family, אגביים

Yucca filamentosa, Spoonleaf yucca, Filament yucca, or Adam's Needle,יוקה סיבית

Life form:  Perennial shrub
Stems:  Acaulescent (having a short stem), branching, simple
Leaves:  Rosette, evergreen, tough, sword-shaped, filiferous
Inflorescence:  Large terminal clusters, a panicle, arising beyond rosettes, ovoid, 75–150 cm, glabrous
Flowers:  White or whitish pendulous flowers
Fruits / pods:  Capsule, dehiscent, oblong, 3.8–5 × 2 cm, dehiscence septicidal. Seeds dull black, thin, 6 mm diameter
Origin:  North America

Yucca filamentosa, Spoonleaf yucca, Filament yucca, or Adam's Needle,יוקה סיבית


Derivation of the botanical name:
Yucca, from the Carib name for manihot or cassava (a genus belonging to the Euphorbia and misapplied to these liliaceous evergreen shrubs or small trees with rosettes of sword-shaped leaves).
filamentosa, filament-like.
concava, hollowed out, basin-shaped; hollow, concave.
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
  • The standard author abbreviation Haw. is used to indicate Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768 – 1833), an English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist.
  • The standard author abbreviation Baker is used to indicate John Gilbert Baker (1834 – 1920), an English botanist.