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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium

(DES)

Taxon: Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.
Family: Agavaceae

Collector: Wendy C. Hodgson   17809   

Date: 2004-05-10

Locality: USA, Arizona, Maricopa, Horseshoe Lake, calcareous region, east-facing slope down 1/3.

33.983917  -111.730267

Verbatim Coordinates: 33d 59.035m N; 111d 43.816m W

Elevation: 664 meters (2178ft)

Habitat: On calcareous soils

Associated Species: Dyssodia, Purshia x subintegra, Eriogonum ripleyiAgave chrysantha, Baileya multiradiata, Calliandra eriophylla, Calochortus kennedyi, Canotia holacantha, Cirsium neomexicanum, Echinocereus engelmannii, Eriogonum inflata, Euphorbia, Fouquieria splendens, Larrea tridentata, Linum neomexicanum, Melampodium leucanthum, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia engelmannii, Parkinsonia microphylla, Psilostrophe cooperi, Simmondsia chinensis, Yucca elata.

Description: With single acaulescent atlk (stalk?) to 7 feet tall, panicle in middle racemose below and above, flowers cream-white, glabrous. Flower measurements in mm:Total l 40; Width 43; style 18 + 7; filaments 11 + 7; outer tepals 36 x 16 ; inner 36 x 25.

Reproductive Condition: flowers

Notes: Sheet III/III

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Record ID: 0b10d06f-e2a1-4c41-a955-c46efd5d8238

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

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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)