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Agave lechuguilla (common name in Chihuahua: lechuguilla, meaning "small lettuce") is an Agave species found only in the Chihuahuan Desert. The plant flowers once in ...
Agave lechuguilla, a plant confined to the Chihuahuan desert that also uses this name. The Lechuguilla Desert is a small desert located in southwestern Arizona near the U.S. - Mexico border. It is considered to be part of the Lower Colorado Valley region of the Sonoran Desert .
Ixtle, also known by the trade name Tampico fiber, is a stiff plant fiber obtained from a number of Mexican plants, chiefly species of Agave and Yucca. [1] The principal source is Agave lechuguilla, the dominant Agave species in the Chihuahuan Desert. [2] Ixtle is the common name (or part of the common name) of the plants producing the fiber. [3]
Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lecheguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas; Agave × leopoldii W.Watson – AGM; Agave littoralis (García-Mend. – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) Agave longibracteata (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Michoacán)
Hesperoyucca peninsularis, the peninsular candle or lechuguilla, is a plant species endemic to the Baja California peninsula. It is a perennial forming a rosette . It is semelparous (flowering once then dying).
Lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Opuntia macrocentra and Echinocereus pectinatus are the dominant species in western Coahuila. Ocotillo ( Fouquieria splendens ), lechuguilla, and Yucca filifera are the most common species in the southeastern part of the desert.
At 150.4 miles (242.0 km), Lechuguilla Cave is the eighth-longest explored cave in the world [1] and the second deepest (1,604 feet or 489 meters) in the continental United States. [2] It is most famous for its unusual geology , rare formations , and pristine condition.
Agave (/ ə ˈ ɡ ɑː v i /; also UK: / ə ˈ ɡ eɪ v i /; [3] Anglo-Hispanic, also US: / ə ˈ ɡ ɑː v eɪ /) [4] is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas.The genus is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves.