Agave striata

Agave striata

  • Agave striata
  • Agave striata
  • Flower name
    Agave striata
  • Scientific name
    Agave striata
  • Alias吹上, 姫吹上 ストリアータ, Agave striata
  • Place of originMexico
  • Place of floweringBotanical Gardens, Ornamental plants
  • Flowering season

What is Agave striata

Agave striata (scientific name: Agave striata) is an evergreen succulent plant native to Mexico in the genus Agave in the family Asparagaceae.
It is similar to Yucca recurvifolia (Kimigayoran,(Scientific name: Yucca recurvifolia), but the striata's trunk is shorter and does not grow like a yucca. The straight, elongated leaves radiate out to form a spherical shape. From within the rosette, long flower stalks grow and produce numerous white-yellow tubular flowers. After flowering and fruiting, the plant dies. A.striata is similar to A. stricta.

Common name: Agave striata, scientific name: Agave striata, also known as Fukiage, origin: northeastern Mexico, plant height: 50 cm, Flowering season: summer, leaf length: 60 cm, leaf width: 1 cm, Leaf shape: sword-shaped; leaf tip: spiny; leaf color: dark green.


  • Order
    Asparagales
  • Family
    Asparagaceae
  • Genus
    Agave
  • Species
    A. striata
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Tubular
  • Leaf type
    sword-shaped
  • Edge of the leaf
  • Life typeevergreen succulent plant
  • Flower colorsPurple
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height50.0 ~ 50.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.0 ~ 4.0 cm

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