Plants Profile for Hesperoyucca whipplei (chaparral yucca)

General Information
Symbol:	HEWH
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Agavaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Shrub Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 N
Yucca whipplei Plant Guide (pdf) (doc)
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, San Diego Co., Anza-Borrego State Park. April 7, 2007. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Kings Canyon National Park. June 5, 2010. Usage Requirements.

Margaret Williams. Provided by Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, CA, San Bernardino Co., San Bernardino. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, CA, San Bernardino vicinity, 3 miles N. of town. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, CA, San Bernardino Co., Cajon Junction vicinity, 2.4 miles E. of town on CA 138 at Summit Valley. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Kern Co., Sequoia National Forest. May 8, 2004. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, CA, Riverside Co., Pine Cove vicinity, on Highway 243. June 19, 1983. Usage Requirements.

Fred E. Dunham. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, CA. 1939. Usage Requirements.

Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from USDA Forest Service. United States, CA, Los Padres National Forest. 1948. Usage Requirements.

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Provided by St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
YUCA4	Yucca californica Lemmon
YUGR	Yucca graminifolia Alph. Wood
YUNI	Yucca nitida C. Wright ex W. Watson
YUWH	Yucca whipplei Torr.
YUWHC	Yucca whipplei Torr. ssp. caespitosa (M.E. Jones) Haines
YUWHE	Yucca whipplei Torr. ssp. eremica Epling & Haines
YUWHI	Yucca whipplei Torr. ssp. intermedia Haines
YUWHP	Yucca whipplei Torr. ssp. parishii (M.E. Jones) Haines
YUWHP2	Yucca whipplei Torr. ssp. percursa Haines
YUWHC2	Yucca whipplei Torr. var. caespitosa M.E. Jones
YUWHG	Yucca whipplei Torr. var. graminifolia (Alph. Wood) Trel.
YUWHI2	Yucca whipplei Torr. var. intermedia (Haines) J.M. Webber
YUWHP3	Yucca whipplei Torr. var. parishii M.E. Jones
YUWHP4	Yucca whipplei Torr. var. percursa (Haines) J.M. Webber
YUWHW	Yucca whipplei Torr. var. whipplei

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Agavaceae – Century-plant family
Genus	Hesperoyucca (Engelm.) Baker – hesperoyucca
Species	Hesperoyucca whipplei (Torr.) Baker – chaparral yucca

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Arizona Yucca whipplei var. whipplei Our Lord's candle Salvage restricted

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status