Hesperaloe funifera

Hesperaloe funifera (New Mexico false yucca) is a plant species native to Texas (Val Verde County) and northern Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León), but sometimes cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere.

Hesperaloe funifera grows on rocky slopes and open plains in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts. It is a rosette-forming perennial. It has long, narrow, yellow-green blades up to 200 cm long but only 5 cm across. Flowering stalk can be up to 250 cm tall, with long branches. Flowers are green or white, often tinged with purple, about 25 mm across.