Spanish Dagger (Yucca treculeana)
A Spanish dagger in full flower! While there seems to be a bit of botanical classification confusion at the time of writing this whether the genus "Yucca" belongs to the Asparagaceae or Agavaceae family of plants, one thing is for sure - this very beautiful and very spiky plant can reach to over 30 feet tall, and the spiky leaves are so sharp, that when the Spanish conquered many parts of the New World and build forts, the Conquistadors planted walls walls of these to help fortify their defenses against attack. Native to Texas, New Mexico and Northern Mexico, the Spanish dagger is also locally common in Southwest Florida. This one was photographed in South Texas near Weslaco in Hidalgo County.
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Agavoideae, Angiosperms, Asparagaceae, Asparagales, Don Quixote's lance, Estero Llano Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Monocots, Plantae, RGV, Rio Grande Valley, Spanish Bayonet, Spanish dagger, Texas, Tracheophytes, Weslaco, Yucca treculeana, botany, evergreen, green, native, natural, nature, palma de datil, palma pita, palmito, plant, trecul yucca, wild, winter, yucca
- Contained in galleries
- Asparagaceae (Agaves and Yuccas), White Wildflowers