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Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Agave striata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Agave striata, Zucc. (Bonapartea juncea rigidifolia, B. rígida, B. rigidifalia, B. striata and B. tenuifolia, Hort.). Lvs. many, spreading, rhombically biconvex, 1/4 x 24-36 in., gray, with needle-shaped brown spine: infl. about 10 ft.; fls. greenish, 1 1/4 in.; ovary 1/2 in., protruding into the tube, segm. 1/2 in., tube 3/8 in. Cent. Mex. B.M. 4950. Gt. 29, p. 24. Jacobi, Versuch, p. 154. G.C. II. 8, p. 556. G.W. 10, p. 213. With lvs. conspicuously recurving it becomes var. recurva, Baker (A. recurva, Zucc.), G.C. II. 8, p. 556. Jacobi, Versuch, p. 158. A. paucifolia, Tod. (A. Roezlii, Hort.) differs chiefly in its fewer lvs. one-half wider, Hort. Panorm., pl. 19. The name striata has been applied, as a specific name, to variegated forms of A. americana. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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