Taxon: Agave deserti var. simplex (Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
Family: Asparagaceae

Collector: Howard Scott Gentry   23404   

Date: 12 June 1974

Locality: USA, Arizona, Yuma, N slope of Harquahala Mountain, 12 miles W of Aguila

Elevation: 760 meters

Verbatim Elevation: ca. 2500ft

Habitat: Rocky bajada

Associated Species: Parkinsonia, Carnegiea gigantea

Description: Single rosettes, rarely suckering, light green to glaucous; panicles tall, slender 3-5 m tall with 12-15 short branches; buds green or ferruginous, tepals opening yellow, ovary green, anthers yellow. (lvs. of 5, fl. of 4 pls.).

Phenology: flowers

Notes: Scattered pop.

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