Agave stricta
COMMON NAME | Hedgehog agave |
TYPE | Low
Foliage |
FAMILY | Asparagaceae |
NOTES | It is
a small species, forming large balls of skewer-like leaves and looking like a
very nasty porcupine. This species has the tightest spherical shape of any agave
and will form offshoots to create a colony of rosettes. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Southern Mexico |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Dry
hills and on flats in the open desert |
WEB SOURCES |
