Asparagaceae
Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber
Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber
Agave datylio is a small rosette-forming agave that is easy to cultivate in sunny, open garden conditions.
Agave bovicornuta Gentry
Agave bovicornuta Gentry
Agave bovicornuta, Cowhorn Agave, is a vulnerable solitary agave native to northwestern Mexican mountains, sometimes eaten by the Tarahumara.
Agave fourcroydes Lem.
Agave fourcroydes Lem.
Agave fourcroydes, also called henequen, is a flowering Asparagaceae plant native to southern Mexico and Guatemala.
Agave macroacantha Zucc.
Agave macroacantha Zucc.
Agave macroacantha Zucc. is a medium-sized succulent agave that holds the UK RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Agave potatorum Zucc.
Agave potatorum Zucc.
Agave potatorum Zucc. is a succulent that forms a spined leaf rosette and produces a tall spike of pale green and yellow flowers.
Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck
Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck
Agave xylonacantha is a large agave with spiny leaves, tall flowering stalks, and two registered cultivars.
Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger
Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger
Agave cupreata is a Mexican Asparagaceae species harvested locally to make mezcal.
Agave filifera Salm-Dyck
Agave filifera Salm-Dyck
Agave filifera, thread agave, is a small-to-medium succulent native to Central Mexico, popular in cultivation and not threatened.
Agave guadalajarana Trel.
Agave guadalajarana Trel.
Agave guadalajarana is a small rosette-forming agave grown as an easy-to-care-for ornamental container plant.
Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber
Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber
Agave tequilana, or blue agave, is the Mexican succulent that is the base ingredient of tequila.
Agave mitis Mart.
Agave mitis Mart.
Agave mitis is a rosette-forming Mexican agave species that is not considered threatened by the IUCN.
Agave caymanensis Proctor
Agave caymanensis Proctor
Agave caymanensis is an endangered monocarpic agave species endemic to the Cayman Islands.
Agave americana subsp. americana
Agave americana subsp. americana
Agave americana subsp. americana, the century plant, is an ornamental succulent used in traditional medicine with unproven effects.
Hastingsia alba (Durand) S.Watson
Hastingsia alba (Durand) S.Watson
Hastingsia alba is a bulbous plant with erect stems, white flowers, and green seed capsules holding black seeds.
Hastingsia serpentinicola Becking
Hastingsia serpentinicola Becking
Hastingsia serpentinicola Becking is a perennial bulbous lily-like herb that bears small white or greenish flowers and produces capsule fruits with black seeds.
Camassia angusta (Engelm. & A.Gray) Blank.
Camassia angusta (Engelm. & A.Gray) Blank.
Camassia angusta is a central US native bulbous perennial flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family that blooms in spring.
Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch.
Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch.
Hosta plantaginea is the only fragrant hosta species, native to China, widely cultivated and escaped worldwide.
Hosta sieboldiana (Hook.) Engl.
Hosta sieboldiana (Hook.) Engl.
Hosta sieboldiana, Siebold's plantain lily, is a Japan-native hosta species with multiple AGM-winning varieties and cultivars.
Hosta sieboldii (Paxton) J.W.Ingram
Hosta sieboldii (Paxton) J.W.Ingram
Hosta sieboldii is an Asparagaceae flowering plant native to Northeast Asia, widely introduced, with multiple available cultivars.
Chlorophytum laxum R.Br.
Chlorophytum laxum R.Br.
Chlorophytum laxum R.Br. is a flowering Chlorophytum species widespread across tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia.
Agave maculata Regel
Agave maculata Regel
Agave maculata Regel, the Texas tuberose, is a short-stemmed spotted agave that is the primary host for a rare skipper butterfly caterpillar.
Agave scabra Ortega
Agave scabra Ortega
Agave scabra is a suckering agave species native to the Chihuahuan Desert region of Mexico and Texas.
Hesperaloe parviflora (Torr.) J.M.Coult.
Hesperaloe parviflora (Torr.) J.M.Coult.
Hesperaloe parviflora is a drought-tolerant desert succulent widely used in low-water landscaping, valued for its showy flowers that attract hummingbirds.
Hesperaloe funifera (K.Koch) Trel.
Hesperaloe funifera (K.Koch) Trel.
Hesperaloe funifera is a rosette-forming flowering perennial, native to Texas and northern Mexico, often grown as an ornamental.
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