General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Leaves: Glaucous
Evergreen
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Toxicity: Other: The juice from many species of agave can cause acute contact dermatitis that produces reddening and blistering lasting approximately one to two weeks. Itching may recur up to a year later without a visible rash. Dried parts of the plants can be handled sa
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow in shallow pots with a well draining, sterile mix; 50/50 organic/inorganic of coarse perlite, pumice; sphagnum peat or good compost. Avoid manures. Irrigate from below by submerging in water to 1/2 height of pot. Provide bright, indirect light and a
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Offsets
Other: Bulbils
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Monocarpic

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Common names
  • Maguey Pichomel
  • Maguey Tepeztate
  • Marbled Agave
  • Huiscole
  • Century Plant

Photo Gallery
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-03
Flowering size
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-02
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-03
Bud imprint
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-02
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-03
In the tetetzo forest
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-03
Foreground, with Yucca, Echinocactus, Neobuxbaumia
Uploaded by mcvansoest
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-02
Flowering size, inflorescence decapitated
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-01
With candelilla
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-01
Uploaded by mcvansoest
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-01
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-01
About to flower
Location: Puebla
Date: 2022-12-01
Offsets
Location: Oaxaca
Date: 2022-11-30
Mostly shade, tropics
Location: Mesa, AZ.
Date: 2015-11-08

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Baja_Costero (Baja California - Zone 11b) on Dec 9, 2022 9:29 PM concerning plant:
    Beautiful glaucous agave from the Valley of Tehuacán, often with marked crossbanding. Leaves are rough, channeled and often wavy, ranging from bluish gray to light green. Rosettes are typically lax and open. In habitat even plants in the shade of bushes are really bright and powdery. Leaf margins are mammillate and toothy.

    This species is typically solitary in habitat but offsetting forms do exist, and are preferred by some for their ease of propagation. This agave is used for the production of mezcal tepextate (tepeztate) in Puebla and is said to have various curative properties. Other words associated with this plant: maguey curandero, pitzometl (pichometl), huiscole.

    Related to Agave gypsophila, nayaritensis, zebra. These species are similar in appearance but are widely separated geographically (found further to the west and north of marmorata).

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