Yuccas of two varieties are in bloom in San Diego County from now through May. Year after year, the Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera) sends up a blunt flower stalk of white, waxy blossoms from the ...

Mojave yucca is also an important plant for manufacture of soap. In fact, the high content of saponifiers causes all parts of it to taste a bit "soapy" due to these chemicals.

Yuccas of two varieties are in bloom in San Diego County from now through May. Year after year, the Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera) sends up a blunt flower stalk of white, waxy blossoms from the ...

Stop and smell the cactus. Desert wildflowers are in bloom. But don’t wait too long to see them. With sparse rains, many of the flowers already are wilting in low elevation areas such as the ...

Discover the Mojave Desert's location, unique climate, fascinating geology, and iconic Joshua trees. Explore facts about ...

In the Mojave Desert, Shannon Salter walks past creosote bushes and Mojave yucca, the plant’s spiky, dagger-like leaves sticking up toward the sky.

Mojave yucca is seen on public land on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in North Las Vegas. The BLM will sell cactus and yucca salvaged from public land north of the Apex Industrial Area, northeast of the ...

From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.