Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck

English: Lion's tail

German: Drachenbaum-Agave, Schwanenhalsagave

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Asparagales (46)

        Family: Asparagaceae (32)(family description)

          Genus: Agave (4)

            Epithet: attenuata Salm-Dyck (1)

Synonym: Agave cernua A.Berger

attenuata => long, slender and tapering

cernua => drooping, nodding

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: green, white

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