Agave toumeyana explained

Agave toumeyana is a plant species endemic to central Arizona.[1]

The species forms dense clumps of rosettes, rarely more than 50 cm high. Flowering stalks can reach 3 meters, bearing greenish-white flowers.[1] [2] [3] Plant was named in honor of James W. Toumey.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101319 Flora of North America, v 26, p 447.
  2. Trelease, William. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 23: 140. 1920
  3. Gentry, Howard Scott (1998). Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
  4. Thornber, J. J. "The Toumey Cactus Garden." The Plant World 9, no. 12 (1906): 273–77. Accessed April 23, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43476556