AGAVACEAE

Hesperaloe parviflora

Common Names: Red-Flowered Yucca, Red Hesperaloe

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flowers tubular to oblong-campanulate
habit -- flowering stem to 2.5m long
this is the only species in the yucca family with red flowers leaves basal
leaves are shaped like a trough with stringy white veins peeling off with age
  emerging inflorescence

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