Hesperaloe funifera

Hesperaloe funifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Agavoideae
Genus:Hesperaloe
Species: H. funifera
Binomial name
Hesperaloe funifera
(K. Koch) Trel
Synonyms[1]
  • Agave funifera (K.Koch) Lem.
  • Hesperaloe davyi Baker f.
  • Yucca funifera K. Koch

Hesperaloe funifera (Coahuilan Hesperaloe, Giant Hesperaloe, or Mexican false yucca)[2] is a plant species native to Texas (Val Verde County) and northern Mexico (Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León), but sometimes cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere.[3][4][5][6]

Hesperaloe funifera grows on rocky slopes and open plains in the Tamaulipan mezquital and the eastern edges of the Chihuahuan Desert. It is a rosette-forming perennial. It has long, narrow, yellow-green blades up to 200 cm long but only 5 cm across. Flowering stalk can be up to 250 cm tall, with long branches. Flowers are green or white, often tinged with purple, about 25 mm across.[3][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Hesperaloe funifera
  2. ↑ "Hesperaloe funifera". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America v 26 v 441, Hesperaloe funifera
  4. ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis map, Hesperaloe funifera
  5. ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  6. ↑ Der Palmenmann, Fröhlinde, Germany, March 2014, Hesperaloe funifera
  7. ↑ Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil (Ludwig). 1862. La Belgique Horticole 12: 132.
  8. ↑ Trelease, William. 1902. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 36.
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