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Agave palmeri : ウィキペディア英語版 | Agave palmeri
''Agave palmeri'' (also known as Palmer's Century Plant) is an especially large member of the genus ''Agave'', in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, Sonora and Chihuahua.〔(Engelmann, Georg. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 3: 319–320. 1875. )〕〔Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1992.〕〔CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico D.F..〕 The plant is also frequently cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.〔Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.〕 ==Description== ''Agave palmeri'' is the largest Agave species growing in the United States. It produces a basal leaf rosette of fleshy, upright green leaves of up to 120 cm (4 ft) in length, with jagged edges and ending in thick spines of 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 inches) long. Flowers are pale yellow and green and 1.6–2 inches long and grow on branches in the upper third of the flower spike, which can be between up to 5 m (16.5 feet) tall.〔〔(Flora of North America, Agave palmeri, v 26 p 460. )〕〔Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.〕
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