Plants Profile for Agave arizonica (Arizona century plant)

Image of Agave ×arizonica [chrysantha × toumeyana]

General Information
Symbol:	AGAR8
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Agavaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Shrub Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, CA, Berkeley, Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden. June 5, 2003. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
AGAR3	Agave arizonica Gentry & J.Z. Weber, database artifact	Arizona century plant

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Agavaceae – Century-plant family
Genus	Agave L. – agave
Species	Agave ×arizonica Gentry & J.Z. Weber (pro sp.) [chrysantha × toumeyana] – Arizona century plant

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
United States: Agave arizonica Arizona agave Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status