Yucca rostrata (Beaked Yucca)

Yucca rostrata is a trunk-forming shrub or small tree native to southwestern Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows on rocky slopes and in canyons. Narrow blue-green leaves radiate from the crown, and old leaves often dry in place along the trunk. Mature plants produce clusters of waxy white flowers above the foliage. The pointed tip of the dry fruit gives beaked yucca its common name. Photographed in Florida.