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Asparagaceae
Our Lord's Candle
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Sacrifice and glory.
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Hesperoyucca
- Native to
- California, Baja California, Arizona
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- Succulent Perennial
- Height
- 6-15 feet (flower stalk)
- Sunlight
- Full Sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, Sandy, Rocky
- Water
- Very Low
- Hardiness
- 7-11
- Lifespan
- Monocarpic Perennial
Did you know
- Our Lord's Candle grows for many years as a rosette before sending up a single massive flower stalk and then dying.
- The flower stalk can grow up to 15 feet tall and produce thousands of individual blooms.
- It is pollinated exclusively by the California yucca moth in a classic example of mutualism.
- Native Chumash people roasted and ate the flower stalks and used the leaf fibers for cordage.
- The plant can take 5 to 20 years to accumulate enough energy to produce its spectacular bloom.
Color meanings
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Devotion
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Transcendence
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Sacrifice