Agave vera-cruz

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Agave vera-cruz in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Agave vera-cruz, Mill. (A. bulbifera, Bonpl. A. Manguai, Desf. A. mexicana, Lam., which in part is Furcraea cubensis and the uses of which in large part pertain to A. atrovirens. A. vera-crucis. Haw., sometimes spelled verx-crucis. A. vera-crux, Mill.). Lvs. nearly straight, 6-7 x 50 in., glaucous, somewhat cross-banded, rather fleshy, concave; with short heavy gray spine and oblique rounded deltoid prickles somewhat raised on green prominences: infl. ample; fls. 2 3/4 in.; ovary 1 1/4-l 1/2 in., segm. 3/4-1 in., tube 3/4 in.: caps, oblong, prominently stipitate, scarcely beaked. Mex. (7). G.C. II. 19, p. 149.—The blue aloe, extensively planted and more or less established in Amoy, India, Mauritius and Peru, and, as A. mexicana, in Italy. It has been hybridized with A. sisalana. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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