Yucca neomexicana
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''Yucca neomexicana'' Wooton & Standl. Wooton & Standley, Contributions of the U. S. National Herbarium 16: 115 (1913) is a plant in the family
Asparagaceae Asparagaceae, known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, ''Asparagus officinalis''. Those who live in the temperate c ...
, native to New Mexico, Colorado and
Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
. Common name is "New Mexican Spanish bayonet." It is similar to '' Y. harrimaniae''
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but with a longer flowering stalk and white (rather than yellowish) flowers.Hochstätter, Fritz. 1999. Cactaceae Rev. 1(2): 21, ''Yucca harrimaniae'' subsp. ''neomexicana''


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15508135 neomexicana Flora of New Mexico Flora of Colorado Flora of Oklahoma