thebashfulbotanist:

Seed pods of soapweed yucca, Yucca glauca, at Devil’s Backbone in Larimer County, Colorado. This plant’s had a lot of different uses historically, being used medicinally by Native American peoples including the Lakota and Cheyenne, and as food and as a weaving and textile material by the Zuni. The roots can be processed to create a soap, which gives the plant its common name. It’s also one of a number of yucca species colloquially called a Spanish bayonet for its sharp, pointed leaves. 

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