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Yucca filamentosa L. -Agavaceae - Adam's Needle, spoonleaf Yucca, needle palm, Adamsnadel, Fädige Palmlilie
Evergreen stemless shrub of the coastal regions of North America (New Jersey to Florida), naturalized in South Europe, widely cultivated as garden plant; leaves green to blue-green, rough on the bottom, 20-60 cm long, with typical fibers at the edges; inflorescence 2-3m high, branched; flowers bell-shaped, hanging, white to cream-colored flowers, 4-8cm long.
Main volatiles of the floral headspace of Yucca filamentosa were the homoterpene E-4,8-dimethylnona-1,3,7-triene (14.2-82.5%), a C11 alcohol (2.5-31.6%) and 1-heptadecene (3.4-27.1%). Minor components were e.g. myrcene (0.4-0.7%) and nerol (0.3-0.8%).
[Chemistry and geographic variation of floral scent in Yucca filamentosa (Agavaceae). Glenn P. Svensson, Michael O. Hickman Jr, Stefan Bartram, Wilhelm Boland, Olle Pellmyr and Robert A. Raguso, American Journal of Botany 92(10): 1624–1631. 2005] http://www.amjbot.org/content/92/10/1624.full.pdf+html
Yucca filamentosa, Iver Dahlsvej, Lunderskov, Region Syddanmark, DK (2025) © Gitte Langgaard Jensen CC BY-SA 4.0 inaturalist.org