Pale Yucca

Pale Yucca, Twistleaf Yucca

Yucca pallida

Agavaceae (Agave Family)

Yucca pallida: Pale Yucca

• gray-green to blue green, short leaves without fibers along margins
• leaves have waxy/glaucous coating and are not real rigid (may twist or break over with age, like Y. flaccida)
• non-trunk forming, but often offsets to form multiple-crowned clusters with age
• forms well-branched flowering stems in late May to early June
• tolerates alkaline soils