''Yucca queretaroensis'' is a plant species in the genus

Yucca ''Yucca'' ( , YUCK-uh) is both the scientific name and common name for a genus native to North America from Panama to southern Canada. It contains 50 accepted species. In addition to yucca, they are also known as Adam's needle or Spanish-bayon ...

, family

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, native to the

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of the Mexican states of Hidalgo,

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, and

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. It is poorly known, largely because of the rugged terrain of its native habitat. ''Yucca queretaroensis'' has a tall trunk up to 12 feet (4 m) high, with a large, prominent skirt of dead leaves hanging around the stem underneath the crown of living leaves. Leaves are very narrow, no more than 3 mm (1/8 inch) across, square in cross-section. Flowering stalks rise up to 1 m above the crown, bearing white flowers.Tejas Tropicals Nursery and Heritage Farm, The Woodlands, Texas, ''Yucca queretaroensis''
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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2601645 queretaroensis Flora of Hidalgo (state) Flora of Guanajuato Flora of Querétaro Plants described in 1989