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The sisal plant has a 7- to 10-year lifespan and typically produces 200–250 commercially usable leaves. Each leaf contains around 1000 fibres. The fibres account for only about 4% of the plant by weight. Sisal is considered a plant of the tropics and subtropics, since production benefits from temperatures above 25 °C (77 °F) and sunshine. [6]
Unlike most species of agave, A. attenuata has a curved flower spike from which it derives one of its numerous common names – the foxtail agave. It is also commonly grown as a garden plant. Unlike many agaves, A. attenuata has no teeth or terminal spines, making it an ideal plant for areas adjacent to footpaths. Like all agaves, it is a ...
As with other Agave species, the species is monocarpic, meaning that, rather than sending flowers out from the side of its stem and continuing living (like the succulent genera Crassula or Sedum, for example), the entire rosette morphs into the giant inflorescence. After many months, this blossom subsequently dies following pollination and seed ...
Agave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua Agave pax Gir.-Cañas - Colombia Agave peacockii Croucher - Puebla, Oaxaca
Mangaves resemble compact, symmetrical agaves with succulent leaves. They typically grow to 8–24 in (20–60 cm) high and up to 18 in (50 cm) wide, [7] although some can grow up to 4 ft (120 cm) high and 6 ft (180 cm) wide. [8]
Agave shawii is a species of monocarpic succulent plant in the genus Agave, commonly known as Shaw's agave. [4] [5] It is a rosette-forming plant characterized by glossy, green leaves with toothed margins. After several years of slow growth, the plant puts all of its resources to produce a towering stalk of flowers, and then dies.
Agave filifera, the thread agave, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Central Mexico from Querétaro to Mexico State.It is a small or medium-sized succulent plant that forms stemless rosette up to 3 feet (91 cm) across and up to 2 feet (61 cm) tall.
Agave parrasana, the cabbage head agave or cabbage head century plant, [3] is a flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. [4] A slow-growing evergreen succulent from North East Mexico, it produces a compact rosette of fleshy thorn-tipped grey-green leaves, 60 cm tall and wide. The leaves are blue green and the thorns are red.