Habit; San Miguel de la Palma, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; 2/2013 © Horst Germer
Identifier: 2081 Date of entry: 10.03.2013 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Lion's tail
German: Drachenbaum-Agave, Schwanenhalsagave
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Asparagales (46)
Family: Asparagaceae (34)(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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