Agave stricta
| Agave stricta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Agave |
| Species: | A. stricta |
| Binomial name | |
| Agave stricta Salm-Dyck | |
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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
- ↑ Tropicos, Agave stricta
- ↑ The Plant List, Agave stricta
- ↑ Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck, Joseph Franz Maria Anton Hubert. Bonplandia 7: 94. 1859.
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1982.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Agave stricta". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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