This prickly fellow is Soapweed Yucca. This is one of the most useful plants there is, especially since it thrives in desert areas.
Common name-Soapweed Yucca
Latin name- Yucca glauca
Family- Agave
General info- 4' thick, round clump of leaves. Flowers 2", greenish white, cup-shaped, leathery. mostly drooping, abundant; on annual stalk. Leaves 2' linear, stiff, sharp; edges white, fibrous, shreddy.
Blooms- June through July
Habitat-Dry plains, foothills, mesas.
Range-Mainly east of the Continental Divide
Source: National Audubon Society, Field Guide the Rocky Mountain States.
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