Agave triangularis
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Agave triangularis is a species ofthe agave genus ( agave ). An English common name is "Triangle Agave".
description
Agave triangularis forms a short trunk. It drives offshoots on long foothills. The slowly growing, open, group-forming rosettes reach heights of growth of up to 60 cm and a diameter of up to 100 cm. The variable, thick, stiff, triangular, olive-green leaves are 30 to 60 cm long and 5 to 7 cm wide. The horny, leaf margins are toothed to toothed. The gray end thorn is 2.5 to 4 cm long. The inflorescence becomes 3 to 5 m high. The flowers are cream-colored.
Systematics and distribution
Agave triangularis grows in Mexico in Puebla and Oaxaca in limestone soils, in open grasslands at an altitude of 1700 to 1900 m. It is associated with yucca periculosa , various agave and cactus species.
The first description by Georg Albano von Jacobi was published in 1865. Synonyms are Agave rigidissima Jacobi , Agave hanburyi Baker and Agave triangularis var. Subintegra Trel.
Agave triangularis is a member of the Marginatae group . The thick, stiff, triangular, olive-green, serrated to toothless leaves are typical. Agave triangularis is grown in the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.
literature
- August J. Spread : The Agaves . The Cactus & Succulent Journal Yearbook, 1968, pp. 16, 18-19.
- Howard Scott Gentry: Agaves of Continental North America . University of Arizona Press, 1982, pp. 180-182.
- T. Heller: Agaves . Münster 2006, pp. 140–141.
- J. Thiede: Agave triangularis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , p. 68.