American Aloe

Agave americana var. marginata

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  • Flower name
    American Aloe
  • Scientific name
    Agave americana var. marginata
  • AliasCentury plant, センチュリープラント, American Aloe, Agave
  • Place of originMexico
  • Place of floweringBotanical Gardens, Ornamental plants
  • Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

What is American Aloe

American Aloe , scientific name: Agave americana var. marginata , is an asparagaceae Department of succulent plants native to Mexico. It is a variety of the agave (ryūzetsuran) does not contain the yellow mottle grey-green. The crowding only large leaves are usually thick, sharp spines, but more than a decade to stretch of about 10 m compound cymes hundreds of blooming and fruiting after Withers. 

General name: American Aloe , Scientific name: Agave americana var. marginata , Other name: Century Plant, Agave, origin: Mexico living type: succulent plants (perennials) , height: 8-10 m (when the stalk is grown), plant width: 200-300 cm, Leaf: narrow lanceolate leaves with crowding and leaf quality: thick-walled in a rosette of spines, leaf edge: serrated spine of, leaf color: gray-green, leaf width: 15 cm, leaves long:1~1.5m, 1 times monocarpic, inflorescences form: compound cymes, flower color: pale yellow, stamens color: yellow-green, anther color: yellow, rose: urn-shaped, flowering time: 10 years to blossom once every 30 years and die after fruiting, stalk height: 7-10 m, reproductive medium: Bee, moth bird, bat uses: ornamental plants, food, spirits.


  • Order
    Asparagales
  • Family
    Asparagaceae
  • Genus
    Agave
  • Species
    A. americana
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Compound scape inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Vase-shaped
  • Leaf type
    sword-shaped
  • Edge of the leaf
  • Life typesucculents
  • Flower colorsYellow cream
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height800.0 ~ 1000.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower5.0 ~ 6.0 cm

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