Taxon: Agave palmeri Engelm.
Family: Agavaceae

Collector: Wendy Hodgson   6383   

Date: 12 October 1991

Locality: USA, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Detailed locality information protected. This is typically done to protect rare or threatened species localities.

Description: A few plants in flower, this one single, some nectar producted, hummingbird on another plant. Tepals light pale yellow, becoming maroonish-bron towards tips, filaments and anthers maroon, pollen bright yellow, befcoming maroonsih-brown towards tips, filaments and anthers maroon, pollen bright yellow; measurements aftrer Gentry (1982) in mm, during anthesis: tl = 58, n = 2.5, o = 29.5 x 7.5, tu = 15 x 11, fil ins = 8, 7, tep = 12 x 6, 11.5 x 5.5, fil = 56, a = 7 + 7, sty = 45; tl = 58, n = 3, o = 30 x 7, tu = 13.5 x 11, tep = 12 x 6, 11 x 4.5, fil ins 6.75, 5, fil = 58, a = 8 + 7, sty = 49.

Phenology: flowers & leaf

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