Agave toumeyana var. bella

Breitung

Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 81, fig. 41. 1960.

Common names: Fairy-ring agave
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Agave toumeyana subsp. bella (Breitung) Gentry
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 447. Mentioned on page 448, 450.

Rosettes each with 100–200 leaves at maturity, light green, flat-topped. Leaves (3–)9–20(–27) × 0.5–1.2 cm; margins denticulate below mid leaf. Flowers 1.6–2.1 cm; limb lobes 6.5–7 mm; filaments 1.1–1.3 cm; ovary 0.8–1.2 cm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands
Elevation: 800–1700 m

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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James L. Reveal +  and Wendy C. Hodgson +
Breitung +
Fairy-ring agave +
800–1700 m +
Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands +
Flowering late spring. +
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Agave toumeyana subsp. bella +
Agave toumeyana var. bella +
Agave toumeyana +
variety +