Agave datylio


Agave datylio is a member of the Agavoideae subfamily and a succulent plant. It is native to Baja California Sur.

Description

Agave datylio grows in a leaf rosette of about diameter. It has narrow, lanceolate leaves up to long, are grooved on top and with spines at the tip, with teeth spaced along the edges. The leaves are initially green when young, becoming yellow to a golden brown with age. The flowers are greenish yellow, up to 55 mm long.

Cultivation

Easy to garden, A. datylio prefers gentle slopes and open sunlight and propagates vegetatively, but can be propagated by seed.