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Slimfoot century plant

Agave gracilipes

Also called Slim Foot Agave, Slim Footed Agave

Slimfoot century plant
Photo: Kevin Floyd https://www.inaturalist.org/people/kevinfloyd, CC BY 4.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
S. New Mexico to Mexico (Chihuahua)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Agave gracilipes, common names Maguey de pastizal or slimfoot century plant, is a plant species native to western Texas, southern New Mexico and Chihuahua. It is found in grasslands, desert scrub and open pinyon-juniper woodlands at elevations of 1,200 to 1,900 m (3,900 to 6,200 ft).

Agave gracilipes is not as large as some other species in the genus. Leaves are up to 30 cm (12 in) long, 7 cm (2.8 in) across. Flowering stalks can be as high as 5 m (16 ft) tall, with yellowish flowers.

Other Agave plants

Agave abisaii · Agave americana var. franzosini · American century plant · Century plant · Agave anomala · Agave arcedianoensis · Arizona century plant · Maguey · Fox Tail Agave · Cow's Horn Agave · Agave brittoniana · Cayman Agave

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agave gracilipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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