Hesperoyucca newberryi

Grand Canyon Quixote plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Hesperoyucca
Species: H. newberryi
Binomial name
Hesperoyucca newberryi
(McKelvey) Clary
Synonyms[1]
  • Yucca newberryi McKelvey
  • Yucca whipplei subsp. newberryi (McKelvey) Hochstätter

Hesperoyucca newberryi is a plant species endemic to Arizona. It is found only in Mohave and Coconino Counties, on the walls of canyons near the Colorado River.[2][3]


Hesperoyucca newberryi, the Grand Canyon Quixote plant or Newberry's yucca is a perennial forming a rosette. It is semelparous (flowering once then dying). Leaves are narrow, up to 60 cm long but usually less than 3 cm across. Flowering stalks are up to 160 cm tall, bearing cream-colored flowers. Fruit is a dry, egg-shaped capsule about 4 cm long.[2][4][5][6][7]

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