Agave stricta

Agave stricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. stricta
Binomial name
Agave stricta
Salm-Dyck
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Agave echinoides Jacobi
  • Agave striata var. echinoides Baker
  • Agave striata fo. stricta (Salm-Dyck) Voss
  • Agave striata subsp. stricta (Salm-Dyck) B.Ullrich
  • Agave striata var. stricta (Salm-Dyck) Baker
  • Agave striata var. stricta (Salm-Dyck) Voss
  • Bonapartea stricta (Salm-Dyck) Vukot.

Agave stricta (common names hedgehog agave, rabo de léon) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Puebla and Oaxaca in Southern Mexico.[3] Growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall, it is an evergreen succulent with rosettes of narrow spiny leaves producing erect racemes, 2 m (7 ft) long, of reddish purple flowers in summer.[4][5]

The Latin specific epithet stricta means erect, or upright.[6]

With a minimum temperature of 10 °C (50 °F), this plant requires heated indoor culture during winter in temperate regions, though it may be placed outside during the summer months. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Agave stricta
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Agave stricta
  3. ↑ Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, Joseph Franz Maria Anton Hubert. Bonplandia 7: 94. 1859.
  4. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  5. ↑ Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1982.
  6. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
  7. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Agave stricta". Retrieved 17 July 2013.


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