Agave yavapaiensis
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| Page Springs agave | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Agave |
| Species: | A. yavapaiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Agave yavapaiensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon[2] | |
Agave yavapaiensis, the Page Springs agave, is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.
The scientific name makes reference to both Yavapai County and the Yavapai people, while the common name refers to the area where it occurs, Page Springs, Arizona.[3]
Description
Agave yavapaiensis is a perennial rosette-forming plant with succulent leaves, 60-70 cm tall and wide and producing abundant offsets. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, abruptly pointed, blue-green gray, with marginal teeth ranging from porrect to deflexed. Flowers have a sweet musky smell and are produced in clusters in large inflorescences 4-6 m tall. Tepals are greenish-yellow, the stamens are cream-yellow, and the ovary is green to dark green. The fruits are linear to linear-oblong, with valves 8–12 mm wide, stipes 4.5–6 mm long. Fully mature seeds are 4×5 mm.[3] The species is diploid.[3][4]
Distribution
The species is only known from Yavapai County in Arizona. It grows primarily on rocky, igneous substrates, though it has been found on calcareous soils as well.[3] It grows at altitudes of 1000–1700 m. [4]