Agave pumila

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Agave pumila
Agave pumila in its youth stage in Mannheim

Agave pumila in its youth stage in Mannheim

Systematics
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Agaves ( agave )
Subgenus : Littaea
Type : Agave pumila
Scientific name
Agave pumila
De Smet ex Baker

Agave pumila is a species ofthe agave genus ( agave ). An English common name is "Dwarf Century Plant".

description

Agave pumila grows in two forms and remains in its youth stage for 8 to 10 years. In the adult stage, the open rosettes are thick-stemmed with heights of 40 to 60 cm and 60 to 70 cm wide. The variably arranged, deltoid to lanceolate-shaped, stiff, gray-green leaves thickened at the base are 30 to 38 cm long and 4 to 4.5 cm wide. The white, narrow, horny leaf margins are toothed flexibly. The strong brown end thorn is up to 1.5 cm long.

The inflorescence is unknown.

Systematics and distribution

Agave pumila is only known from culture.

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1888. A synonym is agave simonis hoard. ex A.Berger .

Agave pumila is a member of the Marginatae group . The species could be a natural hybrid between Agave victoriae-reginae and Agave lechuguilla . It is grown in the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California and Europe.

literature

  • August J. Spreading: Agave pumila . In: The Agaves . The Cactus & Succulent Journal Yearbook, 1968, pp. 1, 6-7.
  • Bernd Ullrich: Agave pumila De Smet ex Baker. In: Cacti and other succulents . Volume 41, No. 4, 1991, index card No. 14.
  • Howard Scott Gentry: Agave pumila . In: Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, 1982, pp. 129, 174-176.
  • J. Thiede: Agave pumila . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , p. 58.
  • T. Heller: Agave pumila . In: agaves . Münster 2006, p. 124.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Gilbert Baker: Handbook of the Amaryllideae, including the Alstroemerieae and Agaveae. Bell & sons, London 1888, p. 172 (online) .
  2. ↑ Howard Scott Gentry: Agaves of Continental North America . University of Arizona Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8165-0775-9 . P. 175.