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|accepted_name=Manfreda maculosa
|accepted_authority=(Hooker) Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=8: 17. 1903
|year=1903
}}
|common_names=Huaco;wild-tuberose;amole plant;spice-lily;soap plant
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Agave maculosa
|authority=Hooker
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Agave maculosa var. brevituba
|authority=Engelmann
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|name=Agave maculosa var. minor
|authority=Jacobi
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|name=Polianthes maculosa
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Manfreda;Manfreda maculosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Manfreda]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Manfreda maculosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 463
|treatment_page=page 464
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>cylindrical. <b>Leaves</b> sprawling, succulent, to 36 × 0.6–2.5 cm; blade spotted with green or brown, glaucous, channeled, linear-lanceolate, brittle, margins with small, sparse, cartilaginous teeth. <b>Scape</b> 4.2–13.1 dm. <b>Inflorescences</b> open, to 4 dm, 7–33-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> erect, usually sessile, with strong, sweet odor; tepals pale yellow or white, becoming pink to rose; perianth tube funnelform, equal to or longer than ovary, 0.6–2.6 cm; limb lobes recurved, 0.9–1.9 × 0.3–0.5 cm; filaments bent near tip in bud, inserted near top of tube, exceeding tube by 0.8–2.2 cm; ovary 6–19 mm; style exceeding tube by 0.5–2.2 cm, usually shorter than stamens; stigma white, not clavate, deeply 3-lobed, lobes reflexed. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, 1.1–2.4 × 1–1.5 cm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early fall.
|habitat=Sandy or clay soils, in mesquite scrubland, in dry or moist sites
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|discussion=<p>Chopped rhizomes of <i>Manfreda maculosa</i> have been used as a source of soap and shampoo in Texas, and plants are occasionally sold as ornamentals (S. E. Verhoek 1978b). Leaf size varies with growing conditions; flower size and ratio of floral parts are variable. The epithet maculata, which properly applies to a different Mexican species, has been used erroneously for this species.</p>
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name=Manfreda maculosa
|author=
|authority=(Hooker) Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Agave maculosa var. brevituba;Agave maculosa var. minor;Polianthes maculosa
|basionyms=Agave maculosa
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early fall.
|habitat=Sandy or clay soils, in mesquite scrubland, in dry or moist sites
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1903
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_973.xml
|genus=Manfreda
|species=Manfreda maculosa
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