scale bar = 1cm.
Yucca - introduced (*Yucca species)
Family: Asphodelaceae, formerly included in Liliaceae (Lily family).
Native of North America.
Occurrence: Occasional weed, probably from garden refuse.
Identification:
- it has tufted, long, narrow leaves
- it has long clusters of large, creamy bell-shaped flowers
- the plant can grow to a metre or more.
Yuccas are desert-area plants, and so are able to grow in dry, arid positions.
Yucca. The flower-bells are several centimetres
across. South British Mine, Maldon.