Agave xylonocantha Agave kristenii x potatorum hybrid

Agave kristenii x potatorum hybrid agave

Agave macroacantha is found in southern Puebla and northern Oaxaca in rocky soils

typically in sloping pine-oak woodland

The agaves continued for quite a ways up the mountainside

Agave xylonocantha Agave kristenii x potatorum hybridA synonym for Agave xylonocantha from an early 1900's description was, Agave carchariodonta, a name to refer to their gnarly shark like teeth. Collectors & enthusiasts are most provoked by these freakish & variable teeth, in addition to their attractive sculpture like forms. Agave xylonocantha is few leafed, solitary, or occasionally offsetting, and grows through several Mexican states from the Northeast into the middle of the country. Plants are