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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Yucca filamentosa
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 319. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Adam’s needle;beargrass;needle palm;silkgrass
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Yucca;Yucca filamentosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Yucca]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Yucca filamentosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 425, 434
|treatment_page=page 433
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>acaulescent or rarely caulescent, indistinctly arborescent, 1–4.6 m; rosettes usually small. <b>Stems</b> simple, 0–0.5 m. <b>Leaf</b> blade occasionally erect, proximal leaves often becoming reflexed near middle, lanceolate, flattened, abruptly narrowed and furrowed to apex, thin, widest near middle, 50–75 × 2–4 cm, usually soft and limp, scabrous, margins entire, long and curling, filiferous. <b>Inflorescences</b> paniculate, arising beyond rosettes, ovoid, 7.5–15 dm, glabrous; bracts erect; peduncle scapelike, 1–3 m, less than 2.5 cm diam. <b>Flowers</b> pendent; perianth globose; tepals distinct, nearly white, ovate, 5–7 × 2–3 cm, glabrous, apex short-acuminate; filaments shorter than pistil; pistil 1.5–3.8 cm; stigmas lobed. <b>Fruits</b> erect, capsular, dehiscent, oblong, 3.8–5 × 2 cm, dehiscence septicidal. <b>Seeds</b> dull black, thin, 6 mm diam.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sandy soil
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Yucca filamentosa</i> is often cultivated and has become naturalized in some areas beyond its native range. Varieties that have been described are rarely recognized in recent literature. <i>Yucca filamentosa</i> and <i>Y. flaccida</i> are very closely related and perhaps are not distinct species.</p>
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name=Yucca filamentosa
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sandy soil
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_892.xml
|genus=Yucca
|species=Yucca filamentosa
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