Agave toumeyana var. bella

Breitung

Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 81, fig. 41. 1960.

Common names: Fairy-ring agave
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Agave toumeyana subsp. bella (Breitung) Gentry
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 447. Mentioned on page 448, 450.
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Rosettes each with 100–200 leaves at maturity, light green, flat-topped. Leaves (3–) 9–20 (–27) × 0.5–1.2 cm; margins denticulate below mid leaf. Flowers 1.6–2.1 cm; limb lobes 6.5–7 mm; filaments 1.1–1.3 cm; ovary 0.8–1.2 cm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands
Elevation: 800–1700 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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pale-yellow +
longitudinal +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
width +  and length +
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular +
papillate +
acute +  and long-acuminate +
sharp-pointed +
James L. Reveal +  and Wendy C. Hodgson +
Breitung +
armed +  and filiferous +
light green +  and yellowish green or dark green +
convex +  and plane +
short to long +
reflexed +, erect +  and ascending +
linear-triangular +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
umbel-like +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Fairy-ring agave +
fibrous-rooted +
800–1700 m +
conspicuous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
broadened +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
oblong +  and ovoid +
Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands +
flowered +  and spicate +
paniculate +  and racemose +
pseudopetiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (27 cm270 mm <br />0.27 m <br />) +
evergreen +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
ascending +  and erect +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
erect +  and incurved +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
dentate +, serrulate +  and entire +
denticulate +
fleshy +, firm +  and rigid +
constricted +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +
cylindrical +, ovoid +  and 3-angled +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
succulent +
not +  and articulate +
umbel-like +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
greenish white +
semisucculent +
Flowering late spring. +
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) +
flat-topped +
150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
globose +, obovoid +  and flattened +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
brown +  and grayish +
subulate +  and filiform +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
semiwoody +
branched +, , +  and unbranched +
aboveground +
3 +  and 1 +
papillate +
exserted +  and included +
subulate +
Agave toumeyana subsp. bella +
Agave toumeyana var. bella +
Agave toumeyana +
variety +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
campanulate +
6mm;10mm +
plant +  and suckering +
polycarpic +  and monocarpic +
small;gigantic +
petal-like +