Scientific Name:	Agave americana
Pronunciation:	uh-GAH-vay uh-mair-ih-KAY-nuh
Common Name:	century plant
Family Name:	Asparagaceae
Plant Type:	Greenhouse produce plant, Succulent or Cacti
Key ID Features:	Leaves evergreen, in basal rosette, succulent, lanceolate to linear, greyish-green leaves, margins and tips spiny.
Course(s):	Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Mounded Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Slow Origin: Mexico Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Full sun, Sheltered Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Container planting, Dryland (no watering), Indoor plant Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Prickly, Succulent Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Silver / Grayish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate Apices: Acuminate Bases: Sheathing Margins: Dentate, Serrate, Spinose

Inflorescence Type: Corymb-like, Panicle Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Green, Yellow Flower Time at Peak: Jul, Aug Additional Info: Indoor plants rarely flower; outdoor plants (in warmer climates) may take 10 - 25 years and then the plant dies.

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown, Black Fruiting Time: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, may take many years to fruit

Bark or Stem Colour: n/a     Organ Modifications: Spines, Succulent leaves

Propagation:	Seed, Division - above ground parts
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	Medium indoor temperature
Light Level:	High indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Other:	Life expectancy < 30 years.
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Scale insects, Root rot

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed Location Map

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