 DESCRIPTION:
Also called Century Plant. Leaves to 20" and flower stalk to 18'.
Flowers (2.5" long) yellow, facing upward in large clusters along
upper end of flower stalk. Each flower has 6 petallike parts. Leaves (to
20" long) are basal rosette, grayish-green, with hooked spines along
the margin and a sharp, terminal spine.
NATURAL HISTORY: Flowers bloom June to August. Despite the name "century
plant," the Parry's Agave blooms after only about 25 years, but it
then dies. This plant provided food, drinks, soap, fiber, medicine, and
the tip was used for different purposes. |
