Agave utahensis var. eborispina SEEDS - - SEMI Agave dello Utah | Agave a spine d'avorio

Agave utahensis var. eborispina seeds grow into the ivory-spined Utah agave — a variety of the Utah agave from the Death Valley region of California and adjacent Nevada (USA), famous for its extraordinarily long, ivory-white terminal spine — often 10–25 cm long, pure ivory-white and smooth. The variety name eborispina means 'ivory-spined' (from Latin ebur/eboris = ivory + spina = spine). One of the most dramatically spine-bearing of all Agave; a collector's treasure. Very cold-hardy. Monocarpic. Family Asparagaceae.

Full sun; very well-drained, rocky, poor soils; drought-tolerant; cold-hardy; cool to hot desert conditions.

• 'Eborispina' = ivory-spined (Latin; extraordinarily long 10–25 cm pure ivory-white terminal spine — most dramatic in genus)
• Miniature rosette; extraordinary 10–25 cm ivory-white terminal spine; Death Valley region; cold-hardy; monocarpic
• Death Valley area, California and adjacent Nevada, USA — Mojave Desert; most dramatically-spined small Agave
• Genus Agave: ~200 species; Americas; Family Asparagaceae (Agavoideae); Order Asparagales
• Full sun; well-drained rocky poor soils; drought-tolerant; cold-hardy; extraordinary collector's species; monocarpic; Asparagaceae

Agave utahensis var. eborispina — the ivory-spined Utah agave — bears one of the most dramatic terminal spines of any Agave: a pure ivory-white spine up to 25 cm long emerging from a tiny compact rosette; a collector's treasure from the Death Valley region.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.