Le Jardin de Mère Nature dans une Petite Planète - Pima County

yellow or light yellow opening fully to a bright yellow; the anthers are yellow; the stigmas are pale
yellow; flowering generally takes place between early May and early July (additional records: one for late
February, one for early March, one for early August and one for late October). HABITAT: Within the
range of this species it has been reported from mountains; canyons; rock ledges; ridges; hills; rocky
hillsides; rocky and gravelly slopes; rocky and gravelly bajadas; rocky outcrops; plains; sandy flats;
arroyos, along drainage ways in rocky, gravelly, gravelly-sandy and sandy soils, occurring from 500 to
5,000 feet elevation in the woodland, scrub, grassland and desertscrub ecological formations. NOTES:
This plant may be an attractive component of a restored native habitat. This plant was reported to have
been utilized by native peoples of North America and could be investigated to determine its value as a
home garden or commercial food and/or fiber crop; it was also noted as having been used as a fuel, as
tools, dyes, as ceremonial items and as a cash crop. Peripheral populations have been observed growing in
the shade of Foothill Paloverdes. This is a PERIPHERAL POPULATION. Agave deserti is native to
southwest-central and southern North America. *5, 6, 13, 17, 43 (062910), 45 (color photograph), 46
(Page 194), 48 (genus), 63 (062910 - color presentation including habitat), 85 (062910 - unable to access
species information), 91, 127*
Agave deserti G. Engelmann subsp. simplex H.S. Gentry: Desert Agave
COMMON NAMES: Agave, Amul, Desert Agave, Desert Century Plant, Simple Desert Agave,
Single-rosette Desert Agave, Mescal. DESCRIPTION: Terrestrial perennial evergreen leaf-succulent
forb/herb, subshrub or shrub (12 to 28 inches in height and 16 to 44 inches in diameter with a flowering
stem reaching 7 to 23 feet in height); the rosettes are bluish-green, gray, gray-green, green or light greenglaucous
white; the flowers are pale greenish-yellowing opening fully to a bright yellow; the anthers are
yellow; the stigmas are pale yellow; flowering generally takes place between May and October.
HABITAT: Within the range of this species it has been reported from mountains; canyons; rock ledges;
ridges; hills; rocky and gravelly slopes; rocky and gravelly bajadas; rocky outcrops; plains; sandy flats;
arroyos, and along drainage ways growing in dry rocky, gravelly, gravelly-sandy and sandy ground,
occurring from 500 to 5,000 feet elevation in the woodland, scrub, grassland and desertscrub ecological
formation. NOTES: This plant may be an attractive component of a restored native habitat. The species,
Agave deserti, was reported to have been utilized by native peoples of North America and could be
investigated to determine its value as a home garden or commercial food and/or fiber crop; it was also
noted as having been used as a fuel, as tools, dyes, as ceremonial items and as a cash crop. Peripheral
populations in the desert have been observed growing in the shade of Foothill Paloverdes. This is a
PERIPHERAL POPULATION. Agave deserti subsp. simplex is native to southwest-central and southern
North America. *5, 6, 13, 17, 43 (062910), 45 (color photograph), 46 (species, Page 194), 48 (genus), 63
(062910 - subsp. simplex H.S. Gentry is the subspecies reported as occurring in Arizona), 85 (062910 -
color presentation including habitat, unable to access species information), 91, 127 (species), HR*
Yucca arizonica (see Yucca x schottii (pro sp.) [baccata x elata])
Yucca baccata var. brevifolia (see Yucca x schottii (pro sp.) [baccata x elata])
Yucca x schottii G. Engelmann (pro sp.) [baccata x elata]: Schott’s Yucca
SYNONYMY: Yucca arizonica S.A. McKelvey, Yucca baccata J. Torrey var. brevifolia (H.W.
Schott ex J. Torrey) L.D. Benson & R.A. Darrow, Yucca thornberi S.A. McKelvey. COMMON NAMES:
Arizona Yucca, Banana Yucca, Blue Yucca, Datil, Palma Criolla, Schott’s Yucca, Spanish Dagger,
Thornber Yucca. DESCRIPTION: Terrestrial perennial evergreen leaf-succulent forb/herb, subshrub,
shrub or tree (cespitose without trunks to 10 feet in height with a flowering stalk 13 inches to 5 feet in
height); the leaves are blue-green, gray-green, green, dark green, dark olive-green, yellow-green (older
leaves), dark yellow-green or yellowish-green; the flowers are cream, cream-white, green-creamishyellow
& cream-white with maroon-purple markings, greenish-cream lightly flushed with maroon in
center, greenish-yellow-cream or white; the anthers are white or yellow; flowering generally takes place