Agave schottii Engelm. x A. parryi Engelm.

  • Filed As

    Asparagaceae
    Agave cf. schottii Engelm. x A. parryi Engelm.

  • Collector(s)

    W. C. Hodgson 9663, 20 Feb 1996

  • Location

    United States of America. Arizona. Maricopa Co. Desert Botanic Garden, accession number 1982 0492 0101.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02059029

    Occurrence ID: 208edb37-11d2-4328-a69c-89e8c5594288

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Arizona

  • County/Municipio

    Maricopa Co.

  • Locality

    Desert Botanic Garden, accession number 1982 0492 0101

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AGAVACEAE IN HORTICULTURE
PLANTS OF ARIZONA
Agave cf. schottii xA. parryi
Arizona, Maricopa County, Desert Botanical Garden,
accession number 1982 0492 0101, source Marc
Mittleman, originally collected in Pima County, Sierrita
Mountains, 1982.
Leaves bluish-grgen, 31-36.5 cm long, widest at or below
middle, leaf edge straight, leaf margin absent but with
white-gray narrow border, rough towards terminal spine,
with inner mahogony border which becomes more
conspicuous towards base of leaf, with denticulation,
terminal spine 15-16 mm long, whitish gray with black
mahogany, no bud imprinting, peduncles 2-5 cm long,
flowers in clusters of 3-6, nectar at noon, flower
fragrance very sweet like A. schottii, ovary, neck, tube
light green, tepals dark yellow, erect-ascending to flaring
(prior to anthesis), 19 mm from tip to tip, filaments and
style greenish-yellow, anthers yellow; anthesis (2
flowers): tl=57, 52; o=18x6, 12x6; n=7-8, 6, slightly
uneven; tu=12xl2, 13x12; fil ins=l 1,11.75, 10;
tep=20x4,19x5, 15x3,13.5x5 with wide keel; fil=44, 47;
a=9, 8.5; sty=50,54
Wendy Hodgson 9663
20 February 1996
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
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BOTANICAL
02059029