Distribution: Found primarily along the Atlantic Coastal Plain from Massachusetts to Florida and along the Gulf Coast to Texas. Also found inland sparingly.
Flowering Period: June to September.
Lucas Land
Yucca or Spanish Bayonet
Yucca filamentosa
Photo by Phil Lucas
This is a native plant, but north of Virginia it has escaped from cultivation.
From Nearctica
Identification: Flowers white with a slight green tinge, large, bell-shaped, usually hanging downward. Flowers solitary, hanging from short flower stems from the woody stem. Fruit a swollen pod. Leaves elongate, stiff, with stiff, sharp apical points. Edges of leaves with threads curling off (the filaments of filamentosa). Leaves in a basal rosette.