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Many plants in this genus may be considered perennial, because they require several to many years to mature and flower. [5] [page needed] [6] However, most Agave species are more accurately described as monocarpic rosettes or multiannuals, since each individual rosette flowers only once and then dies; a small number of Agave species are polycarpic.
Agave salmiana, the species with the tallest inflorescences, is frequently lumped with A. atrovirens as the varieties A. a. salmiana or A. a. sigmatophylla. If this is valid, then A. atrovirens also has the tallest inflorescences of any Agave, [5] [6] and of any known plant. Each rosette flowers and fruits once, then dies.
Prior to the flowers having opened, fresh Agave inflorescences bear an appearance not unlike that of an edible asparagus (albeit oversized), showing the close relation between the two genera and the placement of Agave within the Asaparagaceae family. The flowers come in groups of 1-4 flowers, mostly in spring. After blooming, the agave dies. [7]
A succulent at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is getting ready to die — but first it will put on a show. An Agave ovatifolia, also known as a frosty blue succulent, is about to unfurl ...
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 its life and then dies. The plant flowers once in its life and then dies.
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.
The numerous, broad, succulent, tapering leaves are slightly less rigid than the leaves of most Agave species; they are a bright glaucous gray to light yellowish-green and stingless. [6] The inflorescence is a dense raceme 2.5 to 3 meters (8.2 to 9.8 ft) high (usually curved), with greenish-yellow flowers, developing after many years. [7]
A major grower said this week it was abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida's signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree diseases.