Agave striata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Agave
|species = striata
|authority = Zucc.
|synonyms =
- Agave californica Baker
- Agave californica Jacobi
- Agave echinoides Jacobi
- Agave ensiformis Baker
- Agave falcata Engelm.
- Agave hystrix (Pasq.) Baker
- Agave paucifolia Baker
- Agave paucifolia Tod.
- Agave recurva Zucc.
- Agave richardsii Baker
- Bonapartea hystrix Pasq.
|synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=agave|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species}}
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
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Agave striata is a plant species native to Northeastern Mexico.CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. Novorum Actorum Academia Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 16(2): 678. 1833. Because the species is widespread and does not appear to be under any significant threats, it is not considered by the IUCN to be threatened.
Description
A. striata forms rosettes of hundreds of thin, narrow leaves, 60 cm (2 feet) long and 1.0 cm (0.4 inches) wide. The leaves stick straight out or arch gently upward toward the center of the plant, each ending in a very sharp, brown and black spine. The flower spike is up to 3 m (10 feet) tall and bears whitish yellow flowers 3.0-4.0 cm (1.2-1.6) inches in diameter. In the wild, numerous suckers result in thick clusters of plants growing to form impenetrable thickets.Zdeněk Ježek & Libor Kunte. 2005. Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents. Rebo.Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.