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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Agave picta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Agave picta, Salm-Dyck (A. longifolia picta, A. mexicana picta, and A. Milleri picta, Hort.). Lvs. linear-lanceolate, ascending with recurved ends, at length 6-8 x 100 in., smooth, dark green with bright white or yellow marginal variegation, slightly glaucous when young, with needle-like, straight, narrowly grooved spine and moderate prickles on somewhat prominent marginal elevations: infl. tall and rather slender; fls. 3 in.; ovary 1 1/2 in., segm. 1 in., tube 1/2 in.: caps, oblong, stipitate and beaked. Mex.(?). G.W. 8, p. 337. Wiesncr Festschr., p. 342, pl. 7. Pop. Sci. Monthly, 70, p. 210. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 49, pl. 32.—Green seedlings (var. viridis) occur on the Riviera and are in limited cult. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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