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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 13, 1957 reads, "Desert 'candles' - Thousands of yuccas are blooming in Antelope Valley and Newhall area. These plants, sporting top knots of copious white panicled flowers, are in abundance this year. Yuccas are also known as Adam's Needle and Spanish Bayonet. It is against the law to pick them." Hesperoyucca whipplei or Yucca whipplei.
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Yucca--California--Antelope Valley--Flowering time Flowers--California--Antelope Valley Plants, Flowering of--California--Antelope Valley Wild plants, Edible--California--Antelope Valley Endangered plants--California--Antelope Valley Drought-tolerant plants--California--Antelope Valley Mountains--California, Southern Antelope Valley (Calif.) Landscape photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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