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.