Agave attenuata

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Agave attenuata, Salm-Dyck (A. glaucescens, Hook.). Trunk 4-5 ft., sometimes prostrate: lvs. broadly oblanceolate, spreading, with recurved tips, 6-10 x25-30 in., glaucous, thin, entirely unarmed: infl. 5-10 ft., usually recurving, its very short stalk closely covered by bracts; fls. paired, about 2 in.; ovary flask-shaped, 3/4-l in., segm. 3/4 in., tube 1/4 in. Exceptionally produces large bulbils among the caps, after flowering. Mex. F.E. 31, p. 1172 B. B.M. 5333. J. H. III. 42, p. 392. R.H. 1876, p. 149. Erfurter Fuhrer. 7, p. 70. G.F. 10, p. 95. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 9, pl. 31. G.G. III. 8, p. 560; III. 17, p. 455; III. 45, suppl. pl. Pharm. Journ. 70, p. 706.—Varies in a form with sterile base of spike longer and sparsely bracted, and fls. in clusters of 6-8, var. paucibracteata, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11, pi. 7. The varietal names elliptica, latifolia, latissima and subundulata have been applied to garden forms. A cross with A. Verschaffeltii is x A. Guignárdii, Hort.; a cross with A. xylonacantha is listed. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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