Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera)
Agave Family

Found: Rocky slopes and canyons to 7,000 feet, Mojave and Colorado deserts.

About: Yucca is also known as Spanish Bayonet for the stiff, dagger-like, leaves.

The famous Joshua Tree is a yucca.

Yucca roots and stalks contain saponins, which produce suds, and are used in shampoos today, a use borrowed from the native Americans.