Hesperoyucca newberryi, commonly known as the Grand Canyon Quixote plant or Newberry's yucca, is a plant species endemic to Arizona. It is found only in Mohave and Coconino Counties, on the walls of canyons near the Colorado River.[2][3]
| Grand Canyon Quixote plant | |
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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: | Hesperoyucca |
| Species: | H. newberryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hesperoyucca newberryi (McKelvey) Clary
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Hesperoyucca newberryi is a perennial forming a rosette. It is semelparous (flowering once then dying). Leaves are narrow, up to 60 cm (24 in) long but usually less than 3 cm (1.2 in) across. Flowering stalks are up to 160 cm (63 in) tall, bearing cream-colored flowers. The fruit is a dry, egg-shaped capsule about 4 cm (1.6 in) long.[2][4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ Tropicos
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 441, Hesperoyucca newberryi
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis, 2013, Hesperoyucca newberryi
- ^ Clary, Karen Husum. 2001. The genus Hesperoyucca (Agavaceae) in the western United States and Mexico: New nomenclatural combinations. Sida 19(4): 839–847.
- ^ McKelvey, Susan Delano. 1947. Yuccas of the Southwestern United States 2: 49–52, map 1.
- ^ Hochstätter, F. 2000. Succulenta (Netherlands) 79:39.
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service database, Hesperocallis whipplei, H. newberryi
