Spanish Dagger (Yucca gloriosa)

Family: Agavaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

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, Roots/Tubers, Flowers

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

delicious raw, and can also be dried, crushed and used as a flavouring. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; The fruit is up to 10cm long and 26mm wide.; The fruit is very rarely produced in the wild.; Flowers - raw or cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Sand dunes and the borders of beaches of the seacoast. (Zone 6)