| Yucca necopina | |
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| Tarrant County, Texas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Yucca |
| Species: | Y. necopina |
| Binomial name | |
| Yucca necopina Shinners 1958 | |
Yucca necopina Shinners, [2] the Brazos River yucca or Glen Rose yucca, [3] [4] is a species in the family Asparagaceae. It is a rare endemic native to a small region in north-central Texas. [5]
This plant is a perennial shrub that grows in small colonies of rosettes. [4] The plant grows to a height of 2 feet, with bloom stalks reaching a height of 7 feet. [4] Its flowers are greenish-white and bloom in Spring. [4] The species is similar to Y. pallida and Y. arkansana, [5] and at one time it was thought the species could be a hybrid of the two; later DNA evidence supports it being distinct. [6]
This species grows in river terraces and deep sand, and is native to Somervell, Hood, Parker, and Tarrant Counties in Texas, west of Dallas and Fort Worth. [6] [5]
