Agave striata

Agave striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. striata
Binomial name
Agave striata
Zucc.
Synonyms[1]
  • Agave californica Baker
  • Agave californica Jacobi
  • Agave echinoides Jacobi
  • Agave ensiformis Baker
  • Agave falcata Engelm.
  • Agave hystrix (Pasq.) Baker
  • Agave paucifolia Baker
  • Agave paucifolia Tod.
  • Agave recurva Zucc.
  • Agave richardsii Baker
  • Bonapartea hystrix Pasq.

Agave striata is a plant species native to Northeastern Mexico.[2][3]

Description

A. striata forms rosettes of hundreds of thin, narrow leaves, 60 cm (2 feet) long and 1.0 cm (0.4 inches) wide. The leaves stick straight out or arch gently upward toward the center of the plant, each ending in a very sharp, brown and black spine. The flower spike is up to 3 m (10 feet) tall and bears whitish yellow flowers 3.0-4.0 cm (1.2-1.6) inches in diameter. In the wild, numerous suckers result in thick clusters of plants growing to form impenetrable thickets.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  3. ↑ Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. Novorum Actorum Academia Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 16(2): 678. 1833.
  4. ↑ Zdeněk Ježek & Libor Kunte. 2005. Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents. Rebo.
  5. ↑ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
  6. ↑ Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
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