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Tigrida pavonina (L. f.) Ker-Gawl. "tiger flower"
Recent introduction. Mexico and Guatemala. Rare. Erect herbaceous bulbed
perennial, up to 75 cm tall; leaves, about 30 cm long, stiff, narrow, almost pleated;
inflorescence, a branched or unbranched flower stem, up to 60 cm or more, bearing
three-lobed, red, orange, yellow or white, often spotted, flowers, 7 to 15 cm in diameter,
which appear one after another from bracts, 7 to 12 cm long. Planted ornamental. 6.
LILIACEAE (Including Agavaceae and Amaryllidaceae)(Lily Family)
Agapanthus africanus (L.) Hoffmannsegg "African lily", "lily of the Nile"
Recent introduction. S. Africa. Rare. Erect perennial herb, up to 60 cm tall;
leaves, strap-shaped, evergreen; inflorescence, tall flowering stems bearing showy flower
heads with many blue, violet-blue or white funnel-shaped flowers, each about 5 cm long.
Planted ornamental. 6.
Agave americana L. "century plant", " malina"
Recent introduction. Mexico. Rare. Large stemless erect perennial succulent herb,
up to 2 m or higher; leaves, 80 to 160 cm long and 15 to 20 cm wide, thick, fleshy,
pointed and spined, variegated with yellow to white margins, borne in a massive rosette
of 30 to 60 leaves; flowers, 7.5 cm long, yellow-green, borne in clusters on a tall pole-
like branching stem, up to 6 to 10 m high, arising from the center of the rosette. Planted
ornamental. 5(68), 6.
Agave rigida Mill.
te robu (K)
syn. A. sisa.1a.n.a. Perr.
"sisal", "sisal hemp", "malina", "agave"
Pre-World War I1 introduction? Mexico. Occasional. Large stemless perennial
succulent herb, up to 2 m or higher; leaves, up to 150 cm long and 10 to 15 cm wide,
thick, stiff, fleshy, spine-tipped, bluish, arranged in a large rosette; flowers, up to 5 cm
long, shortly-tubular, yellow-green, borne in panicles on a tall branching stem, up to 8 m
high, arising from the center of the rosette. Established locally, especially along edges of
old strip-mined area. - Grown for export in some tropical areas for the fibre from its
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leaves which is made into rope and other products. 3(58739), 5, 6(215), 7: - -