Agave shawii var. shawii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Agave shawii Engelm. var. shawii

Shaw's agave

2011 Keir Morse

Agave shawii var. shawii is a shrub that is native to California, and also found in Baja California.

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~69 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Agave shawii
Genus:	Agave
Family:	Agavaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Agave orcuttiana
JEF	Agave pachyacantha
CNPS	Agave shawii

Information about Agave shawii var. shawii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 2B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/23/2024).