Agave stricta
Habit | cacti-succulent
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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 |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 9 to 11 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
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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 stricta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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