Calflora: Hesperoyucca whipplei

Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Baker

chaparral yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei, a monocot, is a shrub that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders.

Communities:	Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Habitat:	slopes [Walker]
Elevation:	between 0 and 4000 feet
Family:	AGAVACEAE

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Yucca californica
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei var. whipplei
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei var. percursa
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei var. parishii
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei var. intermedia
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei var. graminifolia
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei var. caespitosa
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei ssp. percursa
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei ssp. parishii
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei ssp. intermedia
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei ssp. eremica
PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei ssp. caespitosa
PLANTS:	Yucca nitida
PLANTS:	Yucca graminifolia
TJM2 + PLANTS:	Yucca whipplei

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Hesperoyucca whipplei from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (HEWH)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database