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Agave striata ssp. falcata; Narrowleaf Agave   

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Agave striata ssp. falcata
Agave striata ssp. falcata
Narrowleaf Agave
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 1217 0805 (2017-12-10)

Copyright © 2017 Wynn Anderson

 
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  • date of photo  Jul 13, 2013
  • latitude 25.59100   longitude 101.09200     View on Google Maps.
  • location   Federal Highway MX 57(libre) km 26, at Puente El Uilitio, 10.8 miles north of MX 40(cuota, 1.1 miles north of Presa Palo Blanca, 0.5 miles south of road east into San Miguel (Mcp. Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico)
  • family Asparagaceae
  • plant community   Chihuahuan Desert scrub at 4422' (1348m)
  • notes   acaulescent, clumping semi-succulent on a low crest of reddish gravels and shallow pale sands and silts over eroding limestone bedrock. Varietal status suggested principally by leaf characters; i.e. fewer and longer in length and a basal leaf blade width greater than 10 mm than the species, and to a lesser degree, the recurved 'scimitar-like' nature of the stiff, narrow leaves.
  • keywords: CDR , Chihuahuan Desert
  • contributor's ID #  CDR 1251
  • photo category: Plant - shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Narrowleaf Agave, Guapilla (photographer)
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