''Agave scabra'' (

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''Manfreda scabra''), also known as rough leaved agave, is a member of the subfamily

Agavoideae Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agave ...

Description

''Agave scabra'' has rosettes growing in height and in width. It is similar in form to many other agaves. The rosettes are suckering. The glaucous bluish-green leaves are mostly reflexed and rough (like sand-paper). The inflorescence is up to in height, with yellow flowers during the summer.

Distribution

It is native to the

Chihuahuan Desert The Chihuahuan Desert ( es, Desierto de Chihuahua, ) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It occupies much of far West Texas, the middle to lower Rio Grande Valley and the lower P ...

and surrounding regions, in northeastern

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

. It grows from in elevation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q391891, from2=Q6748557 scabra Flora of Northeastern Mexico Flora of Tamaulipas Flora of Texas Flora of the Rio Grande valleys Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert Plants described in 1797