Type location:
Milk River/Lost River, Canada, 900 m.

Distribution:
Southern Alberta Canada and Northern Montana in dry grass land at 700 to 900 m.

Short description of the species:
Dwarf form of Yucca glauca it's smaller in all aspects.

Seeds of #1356 Yucca glauca ssp. albertana, Northern Montana 700 m., fh 1180.96 sown 2000

Benny Møller Jensen Copyright © 2000-2005

Seeds of #1357 Yucca glauca ssp. albertana, Northern Montana 900 m., fh 1180.97 sown 2000.

Benny Møller Jensen Copyright © 2000-2005

Hardiness:
Since it's a newly described subspecies, have i not tried it yet, but it will probably be as hardy as Yucca glauca if not even more hardy.

Reference:
Hochstaetter, F., Piante Grasse 20(1): 3-10 (2000)
Hochstaetter, F.,Yucca In the Southwest and Midwest of the USA and Canada, vol. 1: 54-55 (2000)
Hochstaetter, F.,Yucca In the Southwest and Midwest of the USA and Canada, vol. 1: 218 (2000)

Pictures:
I don't have any pictures of Yucca glauca ssp. abertana yet, but if anyone has pictures that I may use please let me know I would be very happy to use them.

My own plants of Yucca glauca ssp. abertana:

#1072 Yucca glauca ssp. albertana, Canada Lost, Milk River, Alberta, 980 m. fh 1179.72 sown 1999.
#1356 Yucca glauca ssp. albertana, Northern Montana 700 m., fh 1180.96 sown 2000
#1357 Yucca glauca ssp. albertana, Northern Montana 900 m., fh 1180.97 sown 2000