Agave toumeyana var. bella

Breitung

Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 81, fig. 41. 1960.

Common names: Fairy-ring agave
Synonyms: Agave toumeyana subsp. bella (Breitung) Gentry
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 447. Mentioned on page 448, 450.
Revision as of 20:53, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Rosettes each with 100–200 leaves at maturity, light green, flat-topped. Leaves (3–)9–20(–27) × 0.5–1.2 cm; margins denticulate below mid leaf. Flowers 1.6–2.1 cm; limb lobes 6.5–7 mm; filaments 1.1–1.3 cm; ovary 0.8–1.2 cm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands
Elevation: 800–1700 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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James L. Reveal +  and Wendy C. Hodgson +
Breitung +
Fairy-ring agave +
800–1700 m +
Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands +
Flowering late spring. +
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Agave toumeyana subsp. bella +
Agave toumeyana var. bella +
Agave toumeyana +
variety +