Agave schidigera

Plant Characteristics
Habit		cacti-succulent
Height:	⇕	7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7. to 12 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width:	⇔	40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40. to 60 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Scientific Names
Agavaceae >	Agave >	schidigera >

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 schidigera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Agave schidigera, Lern. (A. filifera adornata, A. adornata, A. filifera pannosa, A. filifera schidigera, A. schiedigera, A. schiedigera princeps, A. princeps, Littaea Raezlii?). Lvs. narrowly oblong, spreading, about 1/2 x 12 in., with flattened spine and rather wide shaving-like marginal threads. Cent. Mex. I. H. 330. B.M. 5641. G.W.2, p. 592. S.H. 4, p. 297.—A number of closely allied forms are rather frequently mentioned or encountered in cult.: with narrow, often reddened lvs. and stalked fls., A. Ortgiesiana (A. schidigera Ortgiesiana and A. maritima. Hort.); with sessile or nearly sessile fls. and mostly very curly and numerous marginal threads, A. angustissima, Engelm. (A. Bignetii or Diguetii, Hort.). A. vestita, Wats., A. G. 1892, p. 609; and A. Knightiana, Drum., B. R. 1145. Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux. 16, pl. Reported hybrids are A. schiedigera or princeps with filifera (X A. Leopoldii II) and A. schidigera X Verschaffeltii. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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