Agave stricta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Agave
- Species
- Agave stricta
- Scientific Name
- Agave stricta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Agave stricta
Agave stricta, the hedgehog agave, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Puebla and Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. Growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall, it is an evergreen succulent with rosettes of narrow spiny leaves producing erect racemes, 2 m (7 ft) long, of reddish purple flowers in summer. The foliage may develop a red tinge in the summer.
The Latin specific epithet stricta means erect, or upright.
As this plant is known to produce pincushion-like offsets, or "pups", as it grows—an unusually polycarpic trait among the Agaves (a highly monocarpic group of plants)—a team of Mexican biologists and botanists proposed the formation of a new genus, Echinoagave, in January 2024. This would lead to a new (or synonymous) genus and species name of Echinoagave stricta, in addition to the potential reclassifying of ten or eleven other species. Other species considered for placement into Echinoagave include Agave albopilosa and Agave striata. The name is derived from the Greek word for "spiny", echînos.
Similarly to many succulents, A. stricta thrives on air flow, good lighting and well-drained, mostly inert substrates, and may develop root rot if overwatered. With a minimum preferred temperature of 10 °C (50 °F), this plant requires dry and well-lit conditions, ranging from room-temperature to warm, during winter in temperate regions; in appropriate climates, it may be grown outdoors in full- or part-sun year-round, or during the spring and summer months, provided that excessive precipitation does not flood its roots. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
...Agave stricta in languages:
- Chinese
- 吹上
- English
- hedgehog agave
- Estonian
- jäik agaav
- Japanese
- フキアゲ
- Russian
- Агава прямая
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Agave abisaii
- Agave acicularis
- Agave acklinicola
- Agave acuispina
- Agave aktites
- Agave albescens
- Agave albomarginata
- Agave albopilosa
- Agave americana
- Agave andreae
- Agave angustiarum
- Agave angustifolia
- Agave anomala
- Agave antillarum
- Agave applanata
- Agave arcedianoensis
- Agave arubensis
- Agave asperrima
- Agave atrovirens
- Agave attenuata
- Agave aurea
- Agave avellanidens
- Agave azurea
- Agave bahamana
- Agave beauleriana
- Agave boldinghiana
- Agave bovicornuta
- Agave braceana
- Agave bracteosa
- Agave brevipetala
- Agave brevispina
- Agave brittoniana
- Agave bulbulifera
- Agave cacozela
- Agave cajalbanensis
- Agave calciphila
- Agave calodonta
- Agave cantala
- Agave capensis
- Agave caribaeicola
- Agave caymanensis
- Agave cerulata
- Agave chazaroi
- Agave chiapensis
- Agave chrysantha
- Agave chrysoglossa
- Agave cocui
- Agave colimana
- Agave collina
- Agave colorata
- Agave congesta
- Agave convallis
- Agave cordillerensis
- Agave cremnophila
- Agave cryptica
- Agave cundinamarcensis
- Agave cupreata
- Agave dasylirioides
- Agave datylio
- Agave decipiens
- Agave delamateri
- Agave demeesteriana
- Agave deserti
- Agave desmettiana
- Agave difformis
- Agave dissimulans
- Agave doctorensis
- Agave durangensis
- Agave dussiana
- Agave eggersiana
- Agave ehrenbergii
- Agave ellemeetiana
- Agave ensifera
- Agave evadens
- Agave felgeri
- Agave filifera
- Agave flexispina
- Agave fortiflora
- Agave fourcroydes
- Agave funkiana
- Agave fusca
- Agave galvaniae
- Agave garciae-mendozae
- Agave garciamartinezii
- Agave garciaruizii
- Agave geminiflora
- Agave gentryi
- Agave ghiesbreghtii
- Agave gigantensis
- Agave gilbertii
- Agave gomezpompae
- Agave gracielae
- Agave gracilipes
- Agave grisea
- Agave guadalajarana
- Agave guadarramae
- Agave guiengola
- Agave gypsicola
- Agave gypsophila
- Agave harrisii
- Agave havardiana
- Agave hiemiflora
- Agave hookeri
- Agave horrida
- Agave hurteri
- Agave impressa
- Agave inaequidens
- Agave inaguensis
- Agave indagatorum
- Agave infiernilloensis
- Agave intermixta
- Agave isthmensis
- Agave jaiboli
- Agave jarucoensis
- Agave jimenoi
- Agave justosierrana
- Agave karatto
- Agave karwinskii
- Agave kavandivi
- Agave kerchovei
- Agave kewensis
- Agave kristenii
- Agave lagunae
- Agave lechuguilla
- Agave lexii
- Agave longipes
- Agave lurida
- Agave lyobaa
- Agave macroacantha
- Agave madrensis
- Agave manantlanicola
- Agave mapisaga
- Agave margaritae
- Agave maria-patriciae
- Agave marmorata
- Agave martaelenae
- Agave maximiliana
- Agave mckelveyana
- Agave megalodonta
- Agave melanacantha
- Agave microceps
- Agave millspaughii
- Agave minor
- Agave missionum
- Agave mitis
- Agave montana
- Agave montium-sancticaroli
- Agave moranii
- Agave multifilifera
- Agave murpheyi
- Agave muxii
- Agave nashii
- Agave nayaritensis
- Agave nickelsiae
- Agave nizandensis
- Agave nuusaviorum
- Agave obscura
- Agave ocahui
- Agave offoyana
- Agave ornithobroma
- Agave oroensis
- Agave ortgiesiana
- Agave oteroi
- Agave ovatifolia
- Agave pablocarrilloi
- Agave pachycentra
- Agave palmeri
- Agave panamana
- Agave paniculata
- Agave papyrocarpa
- Agave parrasana
- Agave parryi
- Agave parvidentata
- Agave parviflora
- Agave pax
- Agave peacockii
- Agave pedunculifera
- Agave pelona
- Agave pendula
- Agave petiolata
- Agave petrophila
- Agave petskinil
- Agave phillipsiana
- Agave pintilla
- Agave polianthiflora
- Agave polyacantha
- Agave potatorum
- Agave potrerana
- Agave pringlei
- Agave pygmaea
- Agave quiotepecensis
- Agave rhodacantha
- Agave rigida
- Agave rosalesii
- Agave rovelliana
- Agave rutteniae
- Agave rzedowskiana
- Agave salmiana
- Agave salomonii
- Agave sanpedroensis
- Agave scaposa
- Agave schidigera
- Agave schneideriana
- Agave schottii
- Agave sebastiana
- Agave seemanniana
- Agave servandoana
- Agave shaferi
- Agave shawii
- Agave shrevei
- Agave simplex
- Agave sisalana
- Agave sobolifera
- Agave sobria
- Agave spicata
- Agave striata
- Agave stricta
- Agave stringens
- Agave subsimplex
- Agave sylvesteriana
- Agave tecta
- Agave temacapulinensis
- Agave tenuifolia
- Agave tequilana
- Agave thomasiae
- Agave titanota
- Agave toumeyana
- Agave triangularis
- Agave tubulata
- Agave turneri
- Agave underwoodii
- Agave undulata
- Agave univittata
- Agave utahensis
- Agave valenciana
- Agave vazquezgarciae
- Agave vera-cruz
- Agave verdensis
- Agave vicina
- Agave victoriae-reginae
- Agave vilmoriniana
- Agave vivipara
- Agave vizcainoensis
- Agave wallisii
- Agave warelliana
- Agave weberi
- Agave wercklei
- Agave wildingii
- Agave willdingii
- Agave wocomahi
- Agave xylonacantha
- Agave yavapaiensis
- Agave zebra
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- Agave × ajoensis
- Agave × arizonica
- Agave × glomeruliflora
- Agave × leopoldii
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