Agave sisalana
Habit | cacti-succulent
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Height: | ⇕ | 17 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 17. to 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. |
Width: | ⇔ | 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 9 to 11 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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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 sisalana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Agave sisalana, Perr. (A. anacantha, Terr. A brevis, Hort. A Houlletiana or Houllettii, Hort. A laevis, Hort. A ixtli sisalana, hort. A rigida progressana, Boyd. A rigida sisalana, Auct. A. sisala, Perr. A sisalana inermis, Riviere. A. sisalana yashquia, Perr.). Nearly trunkless: lvs. 4 x 60 in., becoming green, with shallow-grooved spine and typically no prickles: infl. ample; fls. 1 3/4-2 1/2 in.; ovary, segm. and tube about equal: caps. rare. Yucatan or Chiapas(?). Perrine, Senate Doc. 300, pl. 1, 2, 4. Dodge, Rep. Fiber Invest. 3, 5, 9, wiht pl. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pl. 54-56. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 49, pl. 32. Mem. Nat. Acad. 11. pl. 113-115.-The yaxci, green agave or sisal hemp most commonly cult. outside of Yucatan: largely distributed to growers from Trop. Fla. where Perrine intro. it about 1835 and, as in some of the W. Indies, it has become naturalized. It has been crossed by Trabut with A. vera-cruz under the name "potosina." CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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