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As of May 2019, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave plus a number of natural hybrids. This includes species formerly placed in Manfreda and Polianthes . [ 1 ]
Agave coetocapnia grows from a tuber.The leaves grow mainly as a basal rosette, and have a broad base, tapering to become linear. The flowering stem is about 30 cm (12 in) tall, and has small leaves which gradually turn into bracts within the inflorescence, which is a terminal raceme.
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.
Agave stricta, the hedgehog agave, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Puebla and Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. [4] Growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall, it is an evergreen succulent with rosettes of narrow spiny leaves producing erect racemes, 2 m (7 ft) long, of reddish purple flowers in summer.
Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales.It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. [1] The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agaves and yuccas (including the Joshua tree).
In full bloom, other pollinating birds (such as sunbirds) and butterflies also are attracted by this agave. [5] Agave parviflora can grow for between 10–15 years prior to ever flowering. [6] When it flowers, it sends a roughly 7 foot (2.13 m) high, asparagus-resembling stalk into the sky, with light yellow or cream-colored flowers.
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Agave amica, formerly Polianthes tuberosa, the tuberose, is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, extracts of which are used as a note in perfumery. Now widely grown as an ornamental plant , the species is native to Mexico.