Artichoke agave
Agave parryi Engelm.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 71 cm
Asparagaceae
Also called Parry's agave
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Arizona to Texas and N. & W. MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and University of Arizona Arboretum, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 51 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 1–3 ft; RHS 0.5–1 m
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension and University of Arizona Arboretum, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, University of Arizona Arboretum and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by all 3 sources
- Coldest it survives
- -20.6 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from NC State Extension, University of Arizona Arboretum and RHS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayThe middle of 3 sources, which all differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -23.3 °C; University of Arizona Arboretum -20.6 °C; RHS 1 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 吉祥天, 巴利龙舌兰
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- University of Arizona Arboretum, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Agave parryi (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.