Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Yucca L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Yucca (Rupp.) L.

Common names:

Adam's needle [Adam's-needle] (1814-1900) (10, 158, 167)

Bear-grass [Bear grass, Bear's grass, Bears' grass] (1895) (2)

Grass-cactus [Grass cactus] (1932-1936, Neb) (1, 93)

Palma (1937, TX) (122)

Soap root (1932) (1)

Soapweed [Soap weed, Soap-weed] (1932-1939) (1, 93, 148)

Spanish bayonet (1895-1936) (1, 2, 93, 156)

Yucca (1923-Present, vernacular name in San Domingo) (1, 50, 138, 148, 155)