First Description

Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 20: 550, 1864

Synonyms

Agave cinerascens Jacobi (1864)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 20: 553, 1864)

Agave schnittspahnii Jacobi (1865)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 21: 120, 1865)

Literature

Gentry, H. S.: Agaves of Continental North America: 421-425, 1982

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Basic Data

Subgenus

Agave

Section

Ditepalae

Diameter

up to 200cm

Inflorescence

400-800cm

Flower Color

yellow

Flowering Time

July - August

Reproduction

suckers in youth, seed

Common Name

Natural Location

Occurrence

Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracrua, Zacatecas

Remarks

Grows very slowly and changes the habitat with the age

Could also be placed in the section "Parryanae"

Indoor Summer

Exposition

sunny to half shady

Watering

plenty

Indoor Winter

Temperature

keep over 6°C / 43°F

Soil

keep totally dry

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