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Agave virginica L.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Agave

Characteristics

Lvs in a basal rosette, lanceolate or oblanceolate, to 4 dm × 5 cm, acuminate, entire or denticulate; scape 1–2 m, bracteate, bearing a loose slender spike 2–5 dm; perianth erect or nearly so, greenish-white, tubular, 2–3 cm, the erect, narrow, triangular lobes half as long as the tube; fr subglobose. Dry sterile soil; N.C. to s. O. and s. Mo., s. to Fla. and Tex. June, July. (Manfreda v.; M. tigrina)
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.4 - 1.5
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway cam

Environment

Glades and open woods, pine-oak woods and tropical deciduous woodlands, growing on rocky and sandy soils (subspecies lata is found mainly on clay soils), often on slopes; at elevations up to 600 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Kidney Aid (root), Snake Bite Remedy (root), Anthelmintic (root), Antidiarrheal (root), Liver Aid (root), Snake Bite Remedy (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (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°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Agave virginica world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62347-1
WFO ID wfo-0000754931
COL ID 3XTW6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Manfreda alibertii Manfreda virginica Polianthes lata Agave alibertii Agave conduplicata Agave lata Allibertia intermedia Manfreda conduplicata Manfreda tigrina Polianthes virginica Agave tigrina Aloe virginica Aloe caroliniana Agave virginica var. conduplicata Manfreda virginica subsp. lata (shinners) o'kennon, Manfreda virginica var. tigrina Agave virginica subsp. lata Agave virginica var. tigrina Agave virginica var. polyanthus Polianthes virginica f. tigrina Agave pallida Agave virginica Agave virginica f. tigrina Agave virginica
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