Agave macroacantha

Plant Characteristics
Habit		cacti-succulent
Height:	⇕	6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width:	⇔	12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. to 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Scientific Names
Agavaceae >	Agave >	macroacantha >

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Agave macroacantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Agave macroacantha, Zucc. (A. macracantha, Auct. A. Bessereriana, Jacobi. A. Besseriana, Auct. A. pugioniformis, Zucc. A. flavescens, Salm. A. subfalcata and A. linearis, Jacobi. A. paucifolia and A. oligophylla, Baker. A. integrifolia, Baker?). Nearly trunkless: lvs. 1x8-20 in., yellowish gray-green, glaucous, with flat-grooved spine and slender-cusped heavy-based prickles: infl. rather sparse; fls. 2 in.; ovary 1 in., segm. and tube 3/4in. each: caps, oblong, gray, stipitate and beaked. S. Mex. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 18. pl. 18-26.—At one time a great favorite and, like A. Verschaffeltii, collected in a large range of forms designated by descriptive varietal names: viridis; candida, candicans, glauca; nigrispina; elongata, longifolia, hystrix (B.M. 5940), nana; latifolia, gigantea, major, concinna or sudburyensis. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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