Agave americana

Read about Agave americana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Agave americana, Linn. (A. altlssima, Zumag. A. europaea, Vis. A. ramosa, Moench. A. spectabilis, Salisb.). Lvs. lanceolate, 6-8 x 60-80 in., smooth, gray, ascending with outcurved ends, with rather short and stout recurved round-grooved very shortly decurrent spine obliquely flattened at base, and moderately large gray prickles on prominent marginal elevations: infl. 20-30 ft., rather slender; fls. 2 1/2-2 3/4 in.; ovary 1 1/4 in., segm. 1 in., tube 1/2 in. Mex.(?). Established around the Medit. Penzig, Fl. Litt. Med., pl. 140. Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ., pl. 374. B H. 9, p. 308. R. H. 1875, p. 152. Journ. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 11, pl. 79, 81. Adamovic, Pflanzenw. Dalmat., pl. 1. Abhandl. Hamburg. Kolon. Inst. 6, p. 64. G.W. 8, p. 337. Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 49, pl. 32.—The plant more commonly cult. in this country as A. americana has narrower, more hooked lvs., as in the next, but grayer and with the short recurved spine scarcely decurrent and round at base, var. Milleri, Baker (A. Milleri, Haw.? A. virginia, Mill.? A. laetevirens and A. americana laetevirens, Hort.?) Variegated forms of this, frequently grown, are var. margínata in yellow- or white-margined forms, var. striata variously lined with yellow or white, and var. medio-picta with a broad median yellow band. Wiesner Festschr., pl. 6. A reputed hybrid between A. americana and A. densiflora is x A. massiliensis. Hort. Deleuil. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property., [[Exposure::part-shadesn]]
Water:	◍	[[Water::usually moderate to littlesn]]
Sunset Zones:		[[Sunset zones::10, 12-30sn]]

Scientific Names

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Read about Agave americana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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  Agave americana var. 'americana'

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  Agave americana cv. 'Medio-Picta'

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References

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

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