Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera)

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

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early fall. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Shoots, Flowers

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet potato. — Young flowering stems - chopped and cooked like asparagus or baked like a sweet potato.; Fruit - raw or cooked.; Baked then dried and ground into a powder then used in soups etc or made into a drink.; The fruit can also be used to make jellies.

Habitat & North American Range

Found in desert habitats in chaparral and creosote bush scrub from sea level to elevations of 2500 metres. (Zone 9, Zone 10)