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Agavaceae
Manfreda

not marked as a favorite taxon Manfreda longiflora (Rose) Verhoek. Common name: Runyon's Huaco, St. Joseph's Staff. Habitat: Gravelly slopes in thorn shrublands dominated by Vachellia rigidula and on saline clay flats in low succulent shrublands dominated by Varilla texana (Carr 2016). Distribution: S. TX and ne Mexico (NLE, TAM).

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ID notes: Agave longiflora has a shorter scape than related species, and the stamens remain included within the perianth, rather than being exserted. It can be identified by its rough green channeled leaves with darker green or brown narrowly elongate spots and margins with coarse, distantly spaced, cartilaginous teeth giving it the appearance of a dead octopus (Poole et al. 2007).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, Mex, NS; Runyonia longiflora Rose; = Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley — POWO; > Polianthes runyonii Shinners — Tx. Basionym: Runyonia longiflora Rose 1922

Links to other floras: = Manfreda longiflora - FNA26

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