Yucca neomexicana explained

Yucca neomexicana Wooton & Standl.^[1] is a plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to New Mexico, Colorado and Oklahoma. Common name is "New Mexican Spanish bayonet." It is similar to Y. harrimaniae Trel. but with a longer flowering stalk and white (rather than yellowish) flowers.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. [Elmer Otis Wooton|Wooton]
2. Reveal, James Lauritz. 1977. Intermountain Flora; vascular plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. New York. 6: 530. Yucca harrimaniae var. neomexicana
3. Hochstätter, Fritz. 1999. Cactaceae Rev. 1(2): 21, Yucca harrimaniae subsp. neomexicana