Agave scabra Ortega

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Agave

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.3m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rocky slopes or in meadows, most often in oak or pine-oak forests, but also in tropical deciduous forests, thorn forests, (semi-) evergreen forests, cloud forests; at elevations from 100-3,100 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Shampoo (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271809-2
WFO ID wfo-0000754774
COL ID 3XTWQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Manfreda scabra Polianthes oliveriana Agave langlassei Agave oliveriana Agave polianthoides Agave scabra Agave sessiliflora Manfreda oliveriana Manfreda sessiliflora Manfreda brachystachys Manfreda malinaltenangensis Polianthes brachystachys Agave brachystachys Agave humilis Agave brachystachys var. strictior Agave polyanthoides Agave spicata Agave saponaria