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  2. Agave - Wikipedia

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    In addition to growing from seeds, most agaves produce 'pups' – young plants from runners. Agave vilmoriniana (the octopus agave) produces hundreds of pups on its bloom stalk. Agave leaves store the plant's water and are crucial to its continued existence. The coated leaf surface prevents evaporation. The leaves also have sharp, spiked edges.

  3. Agave vilmoriniana - Wikipedia

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    Agave vilmoriniana has one of the highest concentrations of the sapogenin smilagenin; in parts of México, the leaves are cut and dried, and the fibers are beaten to make them into a brush with built-in soap. The "octopus agave" is cultivated as an ornamental plant for planting in arid gardens and containers.

  4. Agave sanpedroensis - Wikipedia

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    Inflorescences are sinuous and narrow, with sigmoid peduncles in the upper third or two-fifths of the stalk. The flowering season is short (July to August) and synchronous, i.e. all plants that flower in a given year develop around the same time. [2] [3] The species is polyploid and apparently sterile, as capsules do not form. [2] [3]

  5. Campbell Vaughn: Though century plants take ages to bloom ...

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    In reality, outdoor plants typically bloom between the 10th and 25th years while indoor plants rarely flower. When an outdoor plant blooms, it sends up a single, stout, erect flowering stalk from ...

  6. Peduncle (botany) - Wikipedia

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    Large emergent peduncle of Agave, with bracts and branches at nodes. In botany, a peduncle is a stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower, or, after fecundation, an infructescence or a solitary fruit. The peduncle sometimes has bracts (a type of cataphyll) at nodes.

  7. List of Agave species - Wikipedia

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    Agave neglecta Small – wild century plant = Agave weberi; Agave neocernua Thiede - Jalisco; Agave neonelsonii Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango) Agave neopringlei Thiede & Eggli – Mexico; Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. - Coahuila; Agave nizandensis Cutak – Dwarf Octopus Agave - Oaxaca; Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. - Oaxaca

  8. Even desert plants known for their resilience are burning and ...

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    Extreme heat in the Southwest is testing iconic desert plants like agave. The Summary Increasingly frequent and severe heat waves in the Southwest are damaging some desert plants known for ...

  9. List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name

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    Murphey's century plant (Agave murpheyi) narrowleaf agave (Agave angustifolia) Navajo yucca (Yucca baileyi) Nelson's beargrass (Nolina nelsonii) night-flowering hesperaloe (Hesperaloe nocturna) ocahui (Agave ocahui) octopus agave (Agave vilmoriniana) Palmer's century plant (Agave palmeri) Palmer's craglily (Echeandia palmeri) Palmer's Bajalily ...

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