Hesperoyucca newberryi explained

Hesperoyucca newberryi, commonly known as the Grand Canyon Quixote plant or Newberry's yucca, is a plant species endemic to Arizona. It is found only in Mohave and Coconino Counties, on the walls of canyons near the Colorado River.^{[1] [2]}

Hesperoyucca newberryi is a perennial forming a rosette. It is semelparous (flowering once then dying). Leaves are narrow, up to 60cm (20inches) long but usually less than 3cm (01inches) across. Flowering stalks are up to 160cm (60inches) tall, bearing cream-colored flowers. The fruit is a dry, egg-shaped capsule about 4cm (02inches) long.^{[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101657 Flora of North America v 26 p 441, Hesperoyucca newberryi
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hesperoyucca%20newberryi.png BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, 2013, Hesperoyucca newberryi
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9307945#page/873/mode/1up Clary, Karen Husum. 2001. The genus Hesperoyucca (Agavaceae) in the western United States and Mexico: New nomenclatural combinations. Sida 19(4): 839–847.
4. McKelvey, Susan Delano. 1947. Yuccas of the Southwestern United States 2: 49–52, map 1.
5. Hochstätter, F. 2000. Succulenta (Netherlands) 79:39.
6. http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/hesspp/all.html#GeneralDistribution United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service database, Hesperocallis whipplei, H. newberryi