Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Yucca filamentosa L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Yucca concava Haw., Yucca filamentosa concava (Yucca filamentosa L. var. concava (Haw.) Baker), Yucca filamentosa L. var. concava (Haw.) Baker, Yucca filamentosa L. var. smalliana (Fern.) Ahles, Yucca flaccida Haw., Yucca recurvifoliaSalisb., Yucca smalliana Fern., Yucca smalliana Pursh, Possibly Yucca filamentosa Pursh.

Common names:

Adam's needle [Adam's-needle] (1895-Present) (2, 50, 107, 109, 158)

Adam's needle-and-thread [Adam's needle and thread, Adam's-needle-and-thread] (1898-1900) (78, 158)

Adam's-needle yucca [Adamsneedle yucca] (1942) (155)

Bear-grass [Bear grass, Bear's grass, Bears' grass] (1828-1913) (5, 7, 92, 156, 158)

Bear's-thread [Bear's thread] (1828-1900) (5, 7, 19, 156, 158)

Cedar-apple [Cedar apple] (1850, TX, the fruit) (100)

Common bear-grass [Common bear grass, Common beargrass] (1895) (2)

Common yucca (1923) (138)

Curve-leaf yucca [Curveleaf yucca] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Eve's darning-needle [Eve's darning needle, Eve's-darning-needle] (1892-1923, Fort Worth TX) (5, 73, 156, 158)

Eve's thread [Eve's-thread] (1900) (158)

Needle-palm [Needle palm] (1919) (107)

Our Lord's candles (1923) (156)

Silk aloes (1828) (7)

Silk-grass [Silk grass] (1876-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Spanish bayonet (1923) (156)

Spanish dagger (1923) (156)

Spoon-leaf yucca [Spoonleaf yucca] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Thread-and-needle (1840-1892) (5, 19, 73)

Weak-leaf yucca [Weakleaf yucca] (1923-1942) (138, 155)

White camass (1977) (3)

Yucca (1923) (156)