Agave micracantha

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Read about Agave micracantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Agave micracantha, Salm-Dyck (A. glaucescens, Otto.?). Cespitose: lvs. broadly lanceolate, spreading, 3-5x 15-25 in., grayish green, with slender weak spine and small, close-set, dark prickles: infl. about 10 ft., the rather short sterile base densely bracted; fls. brownish green, 1 1/2 in.; ovary 1/2-3/4 in., segm. 1/2 in., tube 1/4 in. E. Mex.(?). Ref. Bot. 327.—Hybrids are reported with A. Ellemeetiana, A. Sartorii, A. Verschaffeltii, A. xylonacantha and A. xylonacantha micracantha. A. mitis, Salm-Dyck, and A. rupicola, Regel, are closely related and A. chloracantha, Salm-Dyck. (A. caribaea, Hort.), differs chiefly in its greener lvs., with pale prickles. CH


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