Soapweed Yucca

Yucca glauca Nutt. - Century-plant family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 12 inches

Planting Distance: 4.0 feet

Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb

Root Depth: 6 inches

Growth Form: Rhizomatous

Growth Rate: Moderate

Features

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Late Spring

Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer

Evergreen: Yes

Fall Colors: Yes

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: No

Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: High

Flood Tolerance: None

Fire Tolerance: None

Salt Tolerance: Medium

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Soapweed Yucca: Megathymus streckeri, Prodoxus quinquepunctella, Tegeticula corruptrix, Tegeticula intermedia, Tegeticula yuccasella

Native Range

  • CAN:  Alberta
  • USA:  Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.