Agave stricta

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent

Height: 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5. to 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: 40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: red, pink
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Cultivation
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Scientific Names



Read about Agave stricta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Agave stricta, Salm-Dyck (A. histrix or hystríx, A. striata stricta, Bonapartea hístrix, B. robusta, B. stricta, Littaea hístrix, Yucca histrix, Hort.). Lvs. many, falcately upcurved in a globose cluster, triangularly biconvex, 1/4 x 10-14 in.; often pale or purplish, with a flattened triangular spine: infl. 5-10 ft.; fls. 1 1/4 in.; ovary 1/2 in., segm. 3/8 in., tube 1/2 in. S. Cent. Mex. Jacobi, Versuch, p. 153. Gt. 31, p. 56. Gart. Mag. 40, p. 309. L. de Smet, Cat. 1874, pl.—Known in a number of forms: purpurea with purplish, and rosea with rosy foliage of the ordinary type; glauca (A. dealbata hystríx, A. hystrix glauca and glaucescens, A. striata glauca, Bonapartea glauca, B. striata pulverulenta, Littaea dealbàta, L. glauca, Hort.), with long, and nana (A. dealbata brevifolia, compacta minor and nana, etc.), with short, pruinose lvs. A closely related form with flat rhombic lvs. with flatter spine, and short-tubed fls. is A. echinoides, Jacobi (A. striata echinoides, A. ensiformis?, A. hystrix Richardsii?, A. Richardsii?, A. striata Richardsii, Dasylirion junceum, Hort.). Gn. 19, p. 372.

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