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Agave ghiesbreghtii K.Koch
Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten (1862) 83, 143. Remarks: as "ghiesbrechtii".
Family: AGAVACEAE

 Agave ghiesbreghtii
Agave ghiesbreghtii
The leaves have a lot of color in them from bright green to purplish green (often a hint of yellow stripe down the middle) and lined with an edging of brown. The young plants are quite different from the adults, but are however very lovely too.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave ghiesbreghtii K.Koch
Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten (1862) 83, 143. Remarks: as "ghiesbrechtii".
Synonymy: 9
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Gentry's Century Plant.

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave ghiesbreghtii group

  •  Agave ghiesbreghtiiAgave ghiesbreghtii K.Koch: Extensively offsetting medium sized agave, with neat succulent rosettes, up to 75 cm in diameter, 50 cm tall.
  • Agave leguayana Verschaff.: Characterized by longer leaves with closely spaced theeth.
  • Agave purpusorum A.Berger: It has open, few-leaved rosettes with short green leaves.
  • Agave rohanii Jacobi: With compact concave blue-green leaves.

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Agave ghiesbreghtii Photo by: Cactus Art
285 cactus-art Cactus Art
Agave ghiesbreghtii Photo by: Cactus Art


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