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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium

(DES)

Taxon: Yucca elata var. verdiensis (McKelvey) Reveal
Family: Asparagaceae

Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson   24090   

Date: 2009-06-14

Locality: USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Verde Valley, ca 1/4 mile E of FSR 119 (Beaver Creek Road) along FSR 618, west of Beaver Creek Ranger Station, 432650 E, 3838313 N, NAD 83/84.

34.684597  -111.73525

Verbatim Coordinates: 34d 41m 4.55s N; 111d 44m 6.9s W; UTM: 383831343265012S

Elevation: 1176 meters Verbatim Elevation: 3860ft.

Habitat: Pinon-juniper

Associated Species: Juniperus, Acacia greggii, Melampodium leucanthum, Aristida, Opuntia phaeacantha, Dalea formosa, Thymophylla pentachaeta, Krameria erecta, Ephedra, Yucca baccata, Polygala, Nolina microcarpa.

Description: Frequent to occasional, plant 2/3 m tall, with trunk ca 16 inches high, with stalk 2 m tall, raceme, 1 m long, down 1/2 of stalk, flower 48(l)x42(w) mm, outer tepal 48x20 mm, inner tepal 48x27 mm, tepals flare out, with edges not curved out, filaments 13+9 x 3.5, 4 (bend) mm, style 25+4 mm, outer tepals white with light green midstripe and darker tip, inner tepals white with cream-green midstripe, filaments white, style light green-cream, becoming cream.

Notes: sheet 2 of 3.

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Record ID: 8f534072-0ca7-4516-a2c3-9d607c6faec5

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (asalywon@dbg.org)

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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)