Agave deserti var. simplex
Novon 11: 413. 2001.
Common names: Simple desert agave
Basionym: Agave deserti subsp. simplex Gentry Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 22. 1978
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Plants rarely with 1–3 suckers; rosettes usually solitary, compact. Leaves (20–)25–60 × 4.5–10 cm; blade greenish, lanceolate; margins undulate to crenate; apical spine 3–4 cm. Scape 4–6 m. Perianth tube funnelform, (3–)5–10 mm; filaments inserted above middle but well within tube. 2n = 60.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly or rocky places in desert scrub and pinyon juniper woodlands
Elevation: 300–1500 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., nw Mexico.
Discussion
Variety simplex hybridizes with A. schottii var. schottii and possibly with A. mckelveyana.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.