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Yucca whipplei. Spanish bayonet: Span., Quijote. The common 

 yucca of the coast mountains, with a very large spike of creamy, 

 bell-shaped flowers on a tall, straight stalk rising from a sheaf 

 of long, stiff, spiky leaves. Fruit becomes hard and splits open 

 when ripe. Blooms in late spring. 



