Agave shawii

Agave shawii subsp. var.
	Habit: cacti-succulent Height: ⇕ to Width: ⇔ to 7ft15ft 40in60in Height: ⇕ 7 ft to 15 ft Width: ⇔ 40 in to 60 in Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ Poisonous: ☠ Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer	Exposure: ☼ sun Water: ◍ Features: ✓ flowers Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place Minimum Temp: ☃ °Fwarning.png"°F" is not a number. USDA Zones: 9 to 11 Sunset Zones: Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Agave shawii, Engelm. Lvs. ovate or lance-ovate, acuminate, 3-5 x 8-20 in., green, glossy, with slender, flexuous, openly grooved spine and large, hooked, connected, garnet-red prickles: infl. 10 ft., congested; fls. 2 1/2-3 1/2 in.; ovary 1 1/4-1 1/2 in., segm. and tube 3/4 in.: caps, oblong, thick-walled. S. W. Calif, and adjoining Low. Calif. Trans. Acad. St. Louis 3, pl. 2-4. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pl. 44; 22, pl. 19-21.—Related Low. Calif, species are A. Orcuttiana, Trel., Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 22, pl. 22, with similar spine and A. Sebastiana, Greene, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 22, pl. 23-26, with straight spine; and A. pachyacantha, Trel., Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 22, pl. 27, 28, and A. Goldmaniana, Trel.. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 22, pl. 29-31,—with heavier-based teeth and thin-walled caps, in all. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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