Agave sanpedroensis
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| Agave sanpedroensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Agave |
| Species: | A. sanpedroensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Agave sanpedroensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon[1] | |
Agave sanpedroensis, the San Pedro agave, is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.
The scientific name makes reference to the San Pedro River Valley, Arizona.[2]
Description
Agave sanpedroensis is a perennial rosette-forming plant with succulent leaves, 50–70 cm tall and wide and producing abundant offsets. The leaves are stiffly upright, gray to grayish green, with conspicuous banding and white bud-imprinting, and undulate margins. Inflorescences are sinuous and narrow, with sigmoid peduncles in the upper third or two-fifths of the stalk. The flowering season is short (July to August) and synchronous, i.e. all plants that flower in a given year develop around the same time.[2][3] The species is polyploid and apparently sterile, as capsules do not form.[2][3]