Agave gracilipes

Agave gracilipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. gracilipes
Binomial name
Agave gracilipes
Trel.

Agave gracilipes, common names Maguey de pastizal or Slimfoot Century Plant, is a plant species native to western Texas, southern New Mexico and Chihuahua. It is found in grasslands, desert scrub and open pinyon-juniper woodlands at elevations of 1,200 to 1,900 m (3,900 to 6,200 ft).[1][2][3]

Agave gracilipes is not as large as some other species in the genus. Leaves are up to 30 cm (12 in) long, 7 cm (2.8 in) across. Flowering stalks can be as high as 5 m (16 ft) tall, with yellowish flowers.[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of North America vol 26 p 458.
  2. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  3. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
  4. Trelease, William. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 22: 95, pl. 98–99. 1911.
  5. Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
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