Agave macroacantha
Habit | cacti-succulent
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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 |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 9 to 11 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple |
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Origin: | ✈ | ? |
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Exposure: | ☼ | ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property. |
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Water: | ◍ | ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property. |
Read about Agave macroacantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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