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Century Plants
Century Plants
Agave
Also known as: agaves
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
10-30 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Desert
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

Century Plants, or Agave, are succulent plants that grow in the arid regions of the Americas. They are known for their large rosettes of thick, fleshy leaves, which can live for hundreds of years.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Agave