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| twisty leaves! | young inflorescence stalk--this photo was taken in April. By mid-may, this stalk will elongate to about 5 feet tall, and will be covered with large pendulous cream-white flowers (similar to the flowers of Yucca arkansana). |
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| inflorescence in May | flowers closeup--this is a good example of a flower with tepals. Tepals are what we collectively call the sepals and petals when they are indistinguishable within a flower. Also notice how these flowers hang--we refer to hanging flowers as pendulous. |
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| inside a Yucca rupicola flower--judging by the number of flower parts alone, is this a monocot or a dicot? | old inflorescence (stalk is all that remains) |
