Claim: Native to southwestern North America, Yucca elata is a perrenial plant species classified within the family Asparagaceae in the kingdom Plantae.
Evidence: It is native to southwestern North America, in the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert in the United States (western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona), southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Nuevo León). Yucca elata is a perennial plant, with common names that include soaptree, soaptree yucca, soapweed, and palmella. Asparagaceae Plantae Kingdom: Family: