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Agave obscura

Obscure Century Plant

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

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Item #: 17733

Zones: 8a to 10b, guessing

Dormancy: Evergreen

Height: 12" tall

Culture: Sun

Origin: Mexico

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


(syn: A. polycantha var. jalapensis) This collection of the rare (or should I say obscure) North American native agave hails from the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz, where it can be found on rocky, granite/basalt outcrops. This small 2' wide, rarely suckering, century plant forms a tight mound of green, small-spined leaves, topped when mature with a dramatic 15' tall flower spike of dark red flowers.