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Agave virginica, also called false aloe or Virginia agave, is a small, stemless, rosette-forming succulent native to prairies, rocky glades and sandy woods in the central and southeastern US and northeastern Mexico. It is grown mainly for its speckled leaves and fragrant summer flower spikes, and it needs sun and sharp drainage.
Agave virginica, synonym Manfreda virginica, commonly known as the false aloe, American aloe, Virginia agave, and eastern agave, is a species of agave. Older references occasionally used rattlesnake master to refer to Manfreda virginica, though current usage of rattlesnake master primarily refers to Eryngium yuccifolium. It is native to the central and southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico, where it is found in prairies, upland rocky glades, and sandy open woods.
It is native to an area stretching from North Carolina west to Texas and north to Illinois in the United States and south to Nuevo León and Tamaulipas in Mexico. Its habitat is sunny, well-drained areas in prairies, upland rocky glades, and sandy open woods. It is the only Agave species north of Texas.
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