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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%).
[Svensson, Glenn P., et al. „Chemistry and geographic variation of floral scent in Yucca filamentosa (Agavaceae).“ American Journal of Botany 92.10 (2005): 1624-1631]
Yucca filamentosa, Iver Dahlsvej, Lunderskov, Region Syddanmark, DK (2025) © Gitte Langgaard Jensen CC BY-SA 4.0 inaturalist.org