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Sure Looks Like Asparagus
March 17, 2025 This the emerging tip of of a flower stalk on a Yucca Filamentosa (Yucca filamentosa), taken in May 2023. Sure looks like an asparagus spear to me, and with good reason. Yucca plants and asparagus belong to the same plant family, which is Asparagaceae. Don’t try eating that asparagus looking Yucca tip…
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Ice On The Filaments
February 7, 2025 Another plant that is a state flower. This is a Yucca Filamentosa (Yucca filamentosa). A species of Yucca that is native to Viriginia. The Yucca is the state flower of New Mexico, though there is no particular species mentioned in that designation. I’m taking advantage of that lack of stipulation since I…