Yucca rostrata Engelm. ex Trel., commonly called beaked yucca or Big Bend yucca, is a large, slow-growing, trunk-forming yucca native to the Big Bend region of southern Texas and northern Mexico. The narrow, sword-shaped, bluish-green leaves can reach up to 60 cm long and form a globe-like rosette on the tops of the stems. The leaves are armed with terminal spines, but are not as stiff and formidable as those of other species of tree yuccas such as Y. rigida. Individuals can reach up to 360 cm tall, and some form multiple, branched rosettes with age. Flowering stalks emerge in late spring into summer from mature rosettes, bearing clusters of creamy white blooms that attract hummingbirds.
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Genus name comes from the Carbi name for manihot, also called cassava or yuca, which is not closely related but has similarly enlarged root structures.
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The specific epithet rostrata means beaked, possibly in reference to the floral structure of this species.
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Yucca rostrata
Yucca rostrata is ca. 50 cm tall and comes in a 27 cm pot
