Manfreda virginica (Linnaeus) Salisbury ex Rose ssp. lata (Shinners) O'Kennon, Diggs, & B. Lipscomb. Common name: Broadleaf False-aloe, Blackland False-aloe. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Mostly in clay Vertisols of blackland prairie sites (Carr 2016). Distribution: S. OK south to ne. TX; "endemic to the Cross Timbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion of North Texas and adjacent Oklahoma" (Carr 2016).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: While there is overlap in most of the characters distinguishing this subspecies from ssp. virginica, the characters in the key are consistent and appear to be a geographically distinct entity; subspecific status appears most appropriate (Diggs et al. 2006).
Synonymy ⓘ: = NcTx; = Agave lata Shinners — ETx1; = Agave virginica L. ssp. lata (Shinners) Thiede & Eggli — K4; = Polianthes lata (Shinners) Shinners — Tx; < Agave virginica L. — POWO; < Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose — FNA26, NS, Ok, S, S13. Basionym: Agave lata Shinners 1951
Links to other floras: < Manfreda virginica - FNA26
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