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English: Narrowleaf Yucca
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Narrowleaf Yucca
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

a plant with long spiky leaves and white rounded flowers

Yucca glauca - native; Alternate names: Yucca, beargrass, Spanish bayonet, small soapweed; Blooms June - July; This plant is common on exposed hillsides, and flowers bloom along an upright stalk from the spiny base of the plant. Its common name "soapweed" comes from the antibacterial chemical saponin found in the plant's roots. Native people would dig up the roots and cut them into pieces or pound them into a paste that can be used as soap or shampoo.

  • Keywords: wildflower; white flower; yucca; soapweed
Depicted place
English: Wind Cave National Park, Custer County, South Dakota
Date Taken on 16 July 2010
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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InfoField
WICA
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English: White Flowers; White Wildflowers

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