familyAgavaceae
genusAgave

Agave shawii

Engelmann

Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 314. 1875.

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 455. Mentioned on page 444, 445, 456.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"thick" is not a number. "thin" is not a number.

... more about "Agave shawii"
longitudinal +
width +  and length +
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular +
papillate +
linear +  and oblong or deltate +
sharp-pointed +
James L. Reveal +  and Wendy C. Hodgson +
Engelmann +
armed +  and filiferous +
light green +  and green +
elliptic +, ovate +, oblanceolate +, lanceolate +  and linear +
short to long +
fibrous +, succulent +  and rigid +
reflexed +, erect +  and ascending +
scale-like +
umbel-like +
fibrous-rooted +
Calif. +  and nw Mexico +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
broadened +
recurved +  and erect +
loculicidal +
oblong +  and ovoid +
bulbiferous +, bracteate +, open +  and spicate +
paniculate +  and racemose +
pseudopetiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
evergreen +
dentate +, serrulate +  and entire +
fleshy +, firm +  and rigid +
constricted +
cylindrical +, ovoid +  and 3-angled +
succulent +
not +  and articulate +
umbel-like +
reddish +, whitish +  and yellow +
semisucculent +
Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis +
globose +, obovoid +  and flattened +
Illustrated +
semiwoody +
branched +, , +  and unbranched +
aboveground +
3 +  and 1 +
papillate +
exserted +  and included +
subulate +
Agave shawii +
species +
short-stemmed +, rhizomatous +, scapose +, caulescent +  and acaulescent +
pachycaul +  and plant +
polycarpic +  and monocarpic +
small;gigantic +
petal-like +