Agave toumeyana var. bella
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 81, fig. 41. 1960.
Common names: Fairy-ring agave
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Agave toumeyana subsp. bella (Breitung) Gentry
Rosettes each with 100–200 leaves at maturity, light green, flat-topped. Leaves (3–) 9–20 (–27) × 0.5–1.2 cm; margins denticulate below mid leaf. Flowers 1.6–2.1 cm; limb lobes 6.5–7 mm; filaments 1.1–1.3 cm; ovary 0.8–1.2 cm. 2n = 60.
Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands
Elevation: 800–1700 m
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anthesis +
pale-yellow +
longitudinal +
versatile +
hooded +
short-beaked +
pliable +
pungent +
recurved +
papillate +
rigid +
sharp-pointed +
pliable +
glaucous +
short to long +
firm +
leaflike +
caducous +
linear-triangular +
cluster +
2;40 +
umbel-like +
white +
sessile +
oblong +
Fairy-ring agave +
fibrous-rooted +
thick +
Ariz. +
white +
absent +
conspicuous +
sparse +
curled +
white +
erect +
inserted +
papillose +
filiform +
succulent +
broadened +
6-merous +
singly +
recurved +
showy +
2;1 +
protandrous +
capsular +
loculicidal +
fleshy +
Open gravelly to rocky limestone or basalt slopes, mostly with desert scrub, chaparral, and pinyon?juniper woodlands +
Present +
dense +
huge +
evergreen +
mid +
curved +
subequal +
equal +
filiferous +
white +
straight +
denticulate +
thick +
greenish +
parietal +
inferior +
succulent +
numerous +
entire +
lighter +
distinct +
absent +
cluster +
2;40 +
umbel-like +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
greenish white +
tubular +
semisucculent +
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) +
1960 +
cespitose +
flat-topped +
succulent +
black +
1;3 +
semiwoody +
attached +
exserted +
aboveground +
capitate +
papillate +
3-lobed +
subulate +
Agave toumeyana var. bella +
Agave toumeyana +
variety +
connate +
absent +
campanulate +
6mm;10mm +
acaulescent +
perennial +
epiphytic +
flowering +
small;gigantic +
petal-like +
8;20 +