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Tequila Agave
Tequila Agave
Agave tequilana
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
5-14 yrs
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Desert
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Uncommon

About

A dramatic rosette succulent native to Jalisco, Mexico, with rigid blue-gray leaves edged in dark spines. The plant spends 8–12 years storing sugar in its heart — the piña — before being harvested to distill tequila.

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
Species
Agave tequilana