''Yucca tenuistyla''Trelease, W. 1902. The Yucceae. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 27–133. /ref> is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae found in brushlands near the coast of Texas, at elevations below 200 m (650 feet). Common names include white-rimmed yucca and whiterim yucca.
''Yucca tenuistyla'' is a short, acaulescent (trunkless) species forming colonies of Rosette (botany), rosettes. Leaves can be up to 70 cm (28 inches) long but only 2 cm (0.8 inches) wide. The flowering stalk can be up to 100 cm (33 inches) tall, bearing many pendant flowers. Fruits are dry, with glossy black seeds.Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
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North American desert flora
Yucca, tenuistyla
Flora of Texas
Plants described in 1902
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