Agave fortiflora
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Agave fortiflora is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ). An English common name is "Lechuguilla Agave".
description
Agave fortiflora grows individually. The open rosettes are up to 180 cm wide. The gray to bluish, variably arranged, pointed, warty, transversely banded leaves are 50 to 100 cm long and 8 to 12 cm wide. The leaf margins are serrated variably. The gray to brown end thorn becomes 3 to 5 cm long.
The paniculate straight to curved inflorescence is 4 to 6 m high. The yellow flowers are 72 to 82 mm long and appear on the upper part of the inflorescence on the variably arranged branches. The flower tube is 11 to 13 mm long.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
Systematics and distribution
Agave fortiflora grows in Mexico in the state of Sonora on limestone slopes at a height of 100 to 650 m. It is associated with numerous types of succulents and cacti.
The first description by Howard Scott Gentry was published in 1972.
Agave fortiflora is a member of the Ditepalae group and grows limited in the northwest of the state of Sonora in the Sierra Jojoba, Sierrita de Lopez region and the San Carlos Bay area. The large, strong, long-lived flowers are typical (Gentry: 1982: p. 438). The flower structure of Agave wocomahi is similar, but differences in leaf structure become clear.
literature
- Howard Scott Gentry: Agave fortiflora . In: Agaves of Continental North America . The University of Arizona Press, 1982, pp. 421, 439-440.
- J. Thiede: Agave fortiflora . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 30-31 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Howard Scott Gentry: The Agave Family in Sonora . US Department of Agriculture, 1972, p. 122.