Agave striata
Location: Kumamoto City Zoological and Botanical Gardens
- Flower nameAgave striata
- Scientific nameAgave 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.
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
- GenusAgave
- SpeciesA. striata
- Type of flowerRadial symmetrical flower
- Array of flowerSpikelet inflorescence
- Petal shapeTubular
- Leaf typesword-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
