Agave scabra (Agave scabra)
Description
Agave rhodacantha is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ). An English trivial name is "Century Plant". Agave rhodacantha forms a short stem. It grows individually or forms multi-headed large rosettes. They reach stature heights of 200 to 300 cm and a diameter of 300 to 500 cm. The variable, hard-furred, smooth, lineal, green to bluish leaves are 140 to 250 cm long and 8 to 15 cm wide. The wavy leaf margins are toothed. The dark brown end thorn is 1 to 2.5 cm long. The paniculate, broad inflorescence is 7 to 9 m high. The green to yellow flowers are 55 to 65 mm long and appear in the upper part of the inflorescence and reach to the top, on irregular, loose, arranged, large ramifications. The cup-shaped flower tube is 8 to 10 mm long. The elongated dreikammerigen capsule fruits are 70 to 80 mm long and 25 to 30 mm wide. The black seeds are up to 10 mm long and up to 8 mm wide.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Asparagaceae
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Genus: Agave
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