WorldFloraDB - Agave americana var. expansa

Characteristics

Plants short-stemmed; rosettes dense. Leaves erect, 120–150 × 18–24 cm; blade glaucous-gray to green, typically cross-zoned; margins nearly straight to crenate, teeth 5–8 mm; apical spine conical, 2–3 cm. Scape 7–9 m. Inflorescences: lateral branches 20–30. Flowers 7–8.5 cm; perianth tube 13–14 mm; ovary 3.5–4 cm. Capsules not seen. Seeds unknown. 2n = 120.

More

An agave with a short stem and leaves in rings. The leaves are erect and 120-150 cm long by 18-24 cm wide.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

-

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

-

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in grassland between 500-1,300 m above sea level. It grows in the Sonoran desert.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

It is used to make a drink.

Uses	environmental use material
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It is grown by sections of the old plant.

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	12
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-6
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873966-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000754120
COL ID	5M3BQ
BDTFX ID	121940
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Agave abrupta Agave expansa Agave americana var. expansa

WorldFloraDB 2024

Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry

American century plant (en), Agave d'Amérique à feuilles dressées (fr)

Variety