Agave stricta

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Agave stricta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Agave stricta, Salm-Dyck (A. histrix or hystríx, A. striata stricta, Bonapartea hístrix, B. robusta, B. stricta, Littaea hístrix, Yucca histrix, Hort.). Lvs. many, falcately upcurved in a globose cluster, triangularly biconvex, 1/4 x 10-14 in.; often pale or purplish, with a flattened triangular spine: infl. 5-10 ft.; fls. 1 1/4 in.; ovary 1/2 in., segm. 3/8 in., tube 1/2 in. S. Cent. Mex. Jacobi, Versuch, p. 153. Gt. 31, p. 56. Gart. Mag. 40, p. 309. L. de Smet, Cat. 1874, pl.—Known in a number of forms: purpurea with purplish, and rosea with rosy foliage of the ordinary type; glauca (A. dealbata hystríx, A. hystrix glauca and glaucescens, A. striata glauca, Bonapartea glauca, B. striata pulverulenta, Littaea dealbàta, L. glauca, Hort.), with long, and nana (A. dealbata brevifolia, compacta minor and nana, etc.), with short, pruinose lvs. A closely related form with flat rhombic lvs. with flatter spine, and short-tubed fls. is A. echinoides, Jacobi (A. striata echinoides, A. ensiformis?, A. hystrix Richardsii?, A. Richardsii?, A. striata Richardsii, Dasylirion junceum, Hort.). Gn. 19, p. 372. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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