YUCCA ENDLICHIANA

This member of the Agavaceae* family was given this name by William Trelease in 1907. In 1933, Karl Hermann Leonhard Lindinger suggested it as member f the new genera; Sarcoyucca, but it remains known as Yucca.

It is found in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, growing in a well drained limestone soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 30 centimetres or more in diameter while the stemless leaves reaches 30 centimetres in length. The flowers are dark red outside and white inside.

The genera name is from Yuca, the name in St. Domingo for a totally different plant. The species is named in honour of its finder: Dr. R. Endlich.