Agavaceae Yucca glauca Nutt.
Small Soapweed
Dakota - Other, Soap
Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 358
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Yucca glauca Nutt.
Scientific name: Yucca glauca Nutt.
USDA symbol: YUGLG2 (
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Common names: Small Soapweed
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Soap
Notes: Root used like soap to wash the scalp.
RECRD: 31005 id: 44092