USA, Arizona, Maricopa, Grown in cultivation at Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, accession number 1984 0061 0102; without data. To the west ofthe Cactus House.
33.459167 -111.943056
33° 27' 33'' N 111° 56' 35'' W
366 meters
1200ft
Cultivated in botanical garden within Sonoran Desertscrub.
This agave developed multiscapes while growing in the garden. The observations from the main scape are as follows: Panicle in 3/4 the scape, scape not very glacous. Ovary and floral tube light yellow-green, outer tepals green at base and yellow at upper 1/2; tips curving inward. Inner tepals light green; anthers light yellow; filaments yellow-green; stigma/style yellow-green. "Teeth" on blade sinuous, brown-gray; end spine brown with darker brown margin. Measurement for flower of larger scape as follows (according to Gentry p.41) tl=60mm, 0=28mm, n=7mm, t=7mm, f1=4 mm, s=14,16mm_ f=43mm, a=20mm.