Hesperaloe funifera
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Hesperaloe |
| Species: | H. funifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Hesperaloe funifera (K. Koch) Trel
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Hesperaloe funifera (Coahuilan Hesperaloe, Giant Hesperaloe, or Mexican false yucca)[2] is a plant species native to Texas (Val Verde County) and northern Mexico (Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León), but sometimes cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere.[3][4][5][6]
Hesperaloe funifera grows on rocky slopes and open plains in the Tamaulipan mezquital and the eastern edges of the Chihuahuan Desert. It is a rosette-forming perennial. It has long, narrow, yellow-green blades up to 200 cm long but only 5 cm across. Flowering stalk can be up to 250 cm tall, with long branches. Flowers are green or white, often tinged with purple, about 25 mm across.[3][7][8]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Hesperaloe funifera
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hesperaloe funifera". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 v 441, Hesperaloe funifera
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis map, Hesperaloe funifera
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- ^ Der Palmenmann, Fröhlinde, Germany, March 2014, Hesperaloe funifera
- ^ Koch, Karl Heinrich Emil (Ludwig). 1862. La Belgique Horticole 12: 132.
- ^ Trelease, William. 1902. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 13: 36.
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