First Description

Zeitschrift des Gartenbau-Vereins, Darmstadt 6: 7-8, 1857

Synonyms

Agave aloina Koch (1860)
    (Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 3: 37, 1860)

Agave caespitosa Todaro (1877)
    (Hortus Botanicus Panormitanus 2: 32, t. 8, 1877)

Agave noackii Jacobi (1865)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 21: 221-222, 1865)

Agave pulcherrima Hort. ex Koch (1865)
    (Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 8: 104, 1865)

Agave rubrocincta Jacobi (1868)
    (Nachtraege I in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss., 1868: 38, 1868)

Agave rufocincta Jacobi (1868)
    (Nachtraege I in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1868: 88, 1868)

Agave sartorii Koch (1860)
    (Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 3: 37, 1860)

Agave sartorii var. caespitosa (Todaro) Terracciano (1885)
    (A. Terracciano: Primo Contributo ad una Monografia delle Agave: 23, 1885)

Literature

Gentry, H. S.: Agaves of Continental North America: 226-228, 1982

Chazaro, M.: International Cactus Adventures 49, 2001

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Basic Data

Subgenus

Littaea

Section

Polycephalae

Diameter

up to 120cm

Inflorescence

Flower Color

greenish or lavender

Flowering Time

Reproduction

branching after bloom, seed, ev.bulbils

Common Name

Natural Location

Occurrence

Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz

Remarks

Very distinct species because of the arching inflorescence

Indoor Summer

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Watering

Indoor Winter

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Outdoor

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