Agave ghiesbreghtii

Agave ghiesbreghtii
Growing at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. ghiesbreghtii
Binomial name
Agave ghiesbreghtii
Lem. ex Jacobi[1]

Agave ghiesbreghtii is a evergreen plant belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. The plant grows in clustering rosettes, up to 75 cm in diameter and 50 cm tall with wide leaves which are guttered on top.[2] In spring the plant produces dense greenish brown to purple flowers on the top half of the unbranched spike which measures between 2.5m - 5m tall.[3] The species is endemic in Guatemala and the State of Mexico in Mexico.

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