Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Hesperaloe > Hesperaloe funiferaHesperaloe funifera (New Mexico false yucca)Synonyms: Agave funifera (homotypic); Hesperaloe davyi; Hesperaloe funifera funifera; Yucca funifera (homotypic) Hesperaloe funifera (New Mexico false yucca) is a plant species native to Texas (Val Verde County) and northern Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León), but sometimes cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere. Hesperaloe funifera grows on rocky slopes and open plains in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. It is a rosette-forming perennial. It has long, narrow, yellow-green blades up to 200 cm long but only 5 cm across. Flowering stalk can be up to 250 cm tall, with long branches. Flowers are green or white, often tinged with purple, about 25 mm across. |
| Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | | Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Structure [2] | Shrub | | Usage [1] | The plant produces strong fibres that can be used in making cordage products; The fibres produce a paper with exceptional tensile and tear strength. Such fibres could be used either in speciality papers with high-strength requirements, such as currency papers, bible papers, tea bags, and filters, or they could be blended with other fibres to increase the strength and improve the texture of a variety of paper products, including writing papers, tissue and towel products, and papers manufactured using secondary (recycled) fibre; |  | | Height [1] | 5.904 feet (1.8 m) |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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