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Agave utahensis Engelm.
FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)
ENGLISH: agave, century plant, mescal agave, Utah aloe
USES/NOTES: Plant centers, buds, short inflorescence stalks, and
leaf bases, are removed and roasted in pits to produce a thick
liquid consumed directly or fermented to make an alcoholic
beverage similar to mescal.
NATURAL RANGE: Cool, dry highlands of western North America
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Harrington 1967, Nobel 1988, Uphof 1968
Agave weberi Cels. ex Poisson
FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)
ENGLISH: Weber’s agave, Weber’s century plant
SPANISH: maguey de mezcal, maguey liso
USES/NOTES: One of the officially recognized sources for export
grade mezcal and an aguamiel and pulque source.
NATURAL RANGE: Southern Texas and adjacent northern Mexico
REFERENCES: Chadwick 2003, Uphof 1968
Agave wocomahi Gentry
FAMILY: Agavaceae (agave) or Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis)
ENGLISH: wocomahi agave
SPANISH: ojcome, wocomahi
USES/NOTES: Flowers and stem tops or piñas are eaten and the juice
of the stems is added to tesgüino, an alcoholic beverage, of the
Tarahumara people, based on a mash derived mainly of maize (Zea
mays), or to make mescal, an agave-based alcoholic beverage.
NATURAL RANGE: Southwestern Chihuahua, adjacent Sonora, and into
Durango, Mexico
REFERENCES: Chihuahuan Desert Museum n.d., Gentry (H.) 1982, MBG
n.d.
Agoseris aurantica (Hook.) E. Greene [syn. Macrorhynchus
troximoides Torrey & A. Gray]
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
ENGLISH: false dandelion, mountain dandelion, orange agoseris
USES/NOTES: Amerindians in what is now Nevada to Utah ate the
leaves.
NATURAL RANGE: Western North America from Alaska to New Mexico
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Mabberley 1987, Uphof 1968
Agoseris glauca [includes A. villosa Rydb.]
FAMILY: Asteraceae or Compositae (aster, composite, or sunflower)
ENGLISH: false dandelion, mountain dandelion, pale agoseris, pale
goat-chicory
USES/NOTES: Latex was a chewing gum source for the Thompson Indians
of British Columbia. A. villosa Rydb. is likely an illegitimate
name.
NATURAL RANGE: North-central and western North America
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