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Agave stricta Agave stricta Salm-Dyck Agave echinoides Jacobi Agave striata var. stricta Baker Rabo de León
Agave stricta is native to Mexico. Identification: These agaves are said to resemble giant sea urchins or balled up hedgehogs. I’ll go with the hedgehog comparison. While most agaves contain a couple of dozen leaves, this one contains hundreds. They tend to grow in dense colonies. Plants are rounded mounds up to 24" (60 cm) high and 3' (1 m) around, with leaves 10-20" (25-50 cm) long and ¼-½" (6.3-12 mm) around. In cross section, the leaves are rhomboidal: like a skewed rectangle, but with top and bottom depressed. Flowers form crooked spikes up to 8' (2.4 m) in height. The flowering spike is crooked, 5-8' (1.5-2.4 m) tall, with reddish-purple flowers that bloom between July and August. References:
Irish, Mary & Irish, Gary, Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide, Timber Press, 2000, p. 168 Online References:
Agave stricta on Desert-tropicals.com Agave stricta on Cactus Mania Agave stricta on Agave Plant Agave stricta on Cactus Art: the World of Cacti & Succulents Agave stricta on Flickr Agave stricta on Horticopia Agave stricta on SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network Agave stricta description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 13 Feb 2012. © FloraFinder.com. All rights reserved. |
4/6/2011 · Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD Range: Zones 9b-10:
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