Adam's Needle (Yucca smalliana)

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

UPDATE 21/09/11: Yucca smalliana Fernald is a synonym of Yucca flaccida Haw.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Shoots, Flowers

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

delicious raw, and can also be dried, crushed and used as a flavouring. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Flowers - raw or cooked.; They are delicious raw, and can also be dried, crushed and used as a flavouring.; Flowering stem - cooked and used like asparagus.

Habitat & North American Range

Sands, old fields and bluffs. (Zone 8)