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|accepted_name=Agave lechuguilla
|accepted_authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 213. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Lechuguilla
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Agave;Agave lechuguilla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Agave]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Agave lechuguilla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 444, 448, 450, 458
|treatment_page=page 449
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>acaulescent, frequently suckering; rosettes openly cespitose, 3–4 × 5–6 dm. <b>Leaves</b> mostly ascending to erect, (25–)30–50 × 2–4(–5.2) cm; blade light green to yellowish green, sometimes checkmarked but without bud-prints, linear-lanceolate, stiff, adaxially concave toward apex, abaxially convex toward base; margins straight, easily detached, nonfiliferous, conspicuously armed, teeth single 2–6 mm, mostly (1–)2–4 cm apart, rarely absent; apical spine grayish, conical to subulate, 1.5–4.5 cm. <b>Scape</b> (2–)2.5–3.5 m. <b>Inflorescences</b> spicate, densely flowered on distal 1/2; bracts caducous, linear, 1–3 cm; peduncle 2–5 mm, rarely 20–150 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 2–3 per cluster, erect to slightly recurved, (2.4–)3–4.5 cm; perianth yellow, frequently tinged with red or purple, tube campanulate, 1.5–4 × 6–12 mm, limb lobes ascending, subequal, 11–20 mm; stamens long-exserted; filaments inserted on rim of perianth tube, spreading, yellow to reddish, 2.5–4.2 cm; anthers pale yellow, (11–)15–20 mm; ovary (0.8–)1.5–2.2 cm, neck constricted (2–)4–8.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> sessile or short-pedicellate, oblong, 1.8–2.5(–3) cm, apex beaked. <b>Seeds</b> 4.5–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 110–120.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid spring–late summer.
|habitat=Gravelly to rocky calcareous places in desert scrub
|elevation=500–1400 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;n;e Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Agave lechuguilla</i> is the principal source of “istle” or “ixtle,” a hard fiber used for rope and known by the trade name “Tampico fibre.” The plant is poisonous to cattle, goats, and sheep. This species is the dominant agave on the Chihuahuan Desert. It hybridizes with <i>A. havardiana</i>, <i>A. neomexicana</i>, <i>A. gracilipes</i>, and <i>A. ×glomeruliflora</i>.</p>
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|author=
|authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
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|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid spring–late summer.
|habitat=Gravelly to rocky calcareous places in desert scrub
|elevation=500–1400 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;n;e Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
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|genus=Agave
|species=Agave lechuguilla
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