Detail View: Kansas Wildflowers: Yucca glauca Nutt.
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Catalog Number:
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8164
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Record ID:
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KBS_LARC.8164_1200.Yuc_gla1.tif
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Global Unique Identifier:
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URN:science:KBS:wildflower:8164
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Institution Code:
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KBS
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Date Last Modified:
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12/16/2004
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Basis Of Record:
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observation
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Scientific Name:
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Yucca glauca Nutt.
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Family:
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Agavaceae
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Genus:
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Yucca
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Species:
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glauca
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Scientific Name Author:
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Nutt.
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State or Province:
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Kansas
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County:
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Rooks
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Locality:
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Woodston, 1.7 mi W. Woodston Diversion Wildlife Area. Mixed-grass prairie along the South Fork Solomon River on the N side.
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Physiographic Province:
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Smoky Hills
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Associated Plant Community:
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Mixed-grass Prairie
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Collector:
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Craig C. Freeman
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Date Collected:
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5/29/1998
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Rights:
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Craig C. Freeman
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Source:
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Kansas Wildflowers Database, Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas
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Genus Name Meaning:
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Haitian name for similar-looking genus
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Species Name Meaning:
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bluish-gray
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Common Names:
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Small soapweed
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Description:
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Other uses: Leaves and fibers used to make ropes, baskets, mats. Pounded roots produce lather in hot water and can be used as soap. Used as shampoo to kill lice, to prevent hair loss, and make hair grow. Sharp points on leaves can be used as drill for starting fires, or as needles for sewing. Tea from roots used to tan animal hides.
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Description:
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Notes: Often planted on graves in Great Plains region because plants bloom on or near Memorial Day.
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Description:
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Plant life form: Perennial
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Description:
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Height: 1-2 m
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Description:
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Species description: Flowers are cream colored or greenish white and bloom from May to July.
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Description:
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Species description: Stemless, semiwoody perennial. Leaves are basal, linear and waxy green, with needle-sharp tips.
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Description:
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Habitat: Dry, often rocky prairies and occasionally in open coniferous woodlands.
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Description:
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Range in Kansas: Primarily in the western three quarters of the state.
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Description:
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Edible uses: Roots contain toxic substances. Flowers and buds can be eaten raw, cooked, or dried. Immature fruit can be boiled and eaten, or dried and eaten later. Flowering stems can be cooked and eaten like asparagus.
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Description:
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Medicinal Uses: Boiled pounded roots applied directly to or used in poultices on sprains and bleeding wounds.
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Description:
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Warnings: POISONOUS--Roots contain substances that are poisonous to humans and animals.
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Description:
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Cultivation: Drought-tolerant. Grows best in dry, sandy, loamy, well-drained soil in full sun. Will adapt to poor soils and partial shade.
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Description:
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Propagation: Seed--plant in spring. Division--of offshoots in late spring. Cuttings--of roots taken in late winter or early spring.
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Color:
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Whitish
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