Narrowleaf yucca (Yucca angustissima)

Family: Agavaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early spring, Late summer, Late spring, Mid summer, Mid spring. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Shoots, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

taste, the bitterness is in the skin. — Fruit - the immature fruit is cooked.; Baked in an oven.; A bitter taste, the bitterness is in the skin.; The fruit is about 6cm long and 2.5cm wide.

Habitat & North American Range

Sandy places, sandstone outcrops, rocky hillsides of deserts at elevations of 900 - 2200 metres in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)