familyAgavaceae
genusAgave
speciesAgave parryi
subspeciesAgave parryi subsp. parryi
varietyAgave parryi var. parryi
Agave parryi var. parryi
Common names: Parry agave mescal
Illustrated
Synonyms: Agave scabra Salm-Dyck
Rosettes (3.5–) 4–6 × 6–7.5 dm. Leaves (18–) 25–50 × (4.5–) 8–12 cm; blade linear to ovate. Flowers 6–7.7 cm; perianth-tube 9–12 mm, limb lobes (17–) 19–24 mm; filaments 4–5.4 cm; ovary (2.7–) 3–4.7 cm.
Phenology: Flowering mid spring–mid summer.
Habitat: Gravelly to rocky places in grasslands, desert scrub, chaparral, pinyon-juniper, and oak woodlands
Elevation: 1200–2800 m
Distribution

Ariz., N.Mex., nw Mexico
Discussion
B. Ullrich (1992) showed that the earlier name Agave scabra Salm-Dyck was based on a collection attributable to A. parryi, and that the correct name for what H. S. Gentry (1982) called A. scabra is A. asperrima. Fortunately, the Salm-Dyck name is illegitimate, being a later homonym, and so A. parryi remains the correct one. Variety parryi hybridizes with A. chrysantha and A. schottii var. schottii in Arizona.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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anthesis +
yellow +
longitudinal +
versatile +
hooded +
beaked +
pliable +
pungent +
recurved +
papillate +
rigid +
acicular +
pliable +
glaucous +
short to long +
leaflike +
persistent +
triangular +
3cm;10cm +
cluster +
2;40 +
umbel-like +
short-pedicellate +
fibrous-rooted +
thick +
erect +
papillose +
filiform +
succulent +
6-merous +
singly +
showy +
27;48 +
protandrous +
capsular +
loculicidal +
fleshy +
Gravelly to rocky places in grasslands, desert scrub, chaparral, pinyon-juniper, and oak woodlands +
Present +
paniculate +
dense +
huge +
20;36 +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
evergreen +
25cm;50cm +
cauline +
curved +
erect +
unequal +
equal +
unarmed +
white +
straight +
undulate +
thick +
greenish +
parietal +
inferior +
succulent +
numerous +
entire +
lighter +
distinct +
absent +
cluster +
2;40 +
umbel-like +
tubular +
semisucculent +
Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis +
1875 +
dense +
globose +
succulent +
1;3 +
7mm;8mm +
Illustrated +
semiwoody +
attached +
long-exserted +
aboveground +
capitate +
papillate +
3-lobed +
subulate +
Agave parryi var. parryi +
Agave parryi subsp. parryi +
variety +
connate +
defined +
single +
campanulate +
11mm;21mm +
acaulescent +
perennial +
epiphytic +
flowering +
small;gigantic +
petal-like +
8;20 +