Agave tigrina (Engelm.) Cory
Agave virginica L.
Allibertia intermedia Marion
Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small
Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose var. tigrina (Engelm.) Rose
Polianthes lata (Shinners) Shinners
Polianthes virginica (L.) Shinners
Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose
False aloe, rattlesnake master, American aloe, hauco, amole
False aloe, actually a member of the agave family, is a North American native.
Plants: Plants are almost stemless, with a rosette of leaves up to 1½′ (45 cm) tall.
Leaves: 5–16″ long ⨉ 2½–3″ wide (12–40 ⨉ 6.3–7.6 cm), and curved along their length, with wavy edges. They are soft and thin, but they occupy a place between the thin leaves of herbaceous plants and the thick, water-storing leaves of many succulent plants. Leaves may have varying degrees of brown-purple mottling.
Flowers: Fragrant green or yellow-green flowers appear atop a spike up to 6′ (1.8 m) tall. Each flower is ¾–1″ (2–3 cm) long. Flowers appear from June to August.
Fruits: Seed capsules are spherical and ⅜–⅝″ (1–1.7 cm) in diameter.
Habitats: Glades or rocky, open woods with alkaline soils.
Online References:
References:
Irish, Mary & Irish, Gary, Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide, Timber Press, 2000, p. 218
Agave lata Shinners
Agave tigrina (Engelm.) Cory
Agave virginica L.
Allibertia intermedia Marion
Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small
Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose var. tigrina (Engelm.) Rose
Polianthes lata (Shinners) Shinners
Polianthes virginica (L.) Shinners
Agave tigrina (Engelm.) Cory
Agave virginica L.
Allibertia intermedia Marion
Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small
Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose var. tigrina (Engelm.) Rose
Polianthes lata (Shinners) Shinners
Polianthes virginica (L.) Shinners
5/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 12 × 11″ (30 × 27 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Liliidae | Includes lilies, orchids, and many others |
| Order | Asparagales | A diverse group that includes asparagus |
| Family | Asparagaceae | Agaves, asparagus, hyacinths, and others |
| Genus | Manfreda | For Manfredus de Monte Imperiale, fourteenth-century Italian medical writer and botanist |
| Species | virginica | From or referring to Virginia |
Manfreda virginica description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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